Kerkyon Wrestling Ground - Revision history

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	[[File:Attika-KerkyonWrestlingGround.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|The Kerkyon Wrestling Ground]]		[[File:Attika-KerkyonWrestlingGround.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|The Kerkyon Wrestling Ground]]
	The '''Kerkyon Wrestling Ground''' was an open-air place by the road from [[Megara]] to [[Sanctuary of Eleusis]].		The '''Kerkyon Wrestling Ground''' was an open-air place by the road from [[Megara]] to [[Sanctuary of Eleusis]]. It is north of the [[Tomb of the Epigones]].

	By the 5th century BCE, the place served as a memorial for the mythical king of Eleusis, [[Kerkyon]]. According to the story, he challenged travellers to wrestling matches, and slew those he defeated, until along came [[Theseus]], who bested Kerkyon and killed him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations]] / [[Historical Locations#Attika\|Attika]]: Kerkyon Wrestling Ground</ref>		By the 5th century BCE, the place served as a memorial for the mythical king of Eleusis, [[Kerkyon]]. According to the story, he challenged travellers to wrestling matches, and slew those he defeated, until along came [[Theseus]], who bested Kerkyon and killed him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations]] / [[Historical Locations#Attika\|Attika]]: Kerkyon Wrestling Ground</ref>

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Trivia

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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	*The name of the place references the "wrestling school of Cercyon" mentioned by the [[Keos\|Cean]] poet [[Bacchylides]] in his ''Dithyrambs''. According to the ''Description of Greece'' by ~~{{Wiki\|~~Pausanias (geographer)\|Pausanias}}, the associated place did actually exist.		*The name of the place references the "wrestling school of Cercyon" mentioned by the [[Keos\|Cean]] poet [[Bacchylides]] in his ''Dithyrambs''. According to the ''Description of Greece'' by [[Pausanias (geographer)\|Pausanias]], the associated place did actually exist.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	~~{{Imageneed}}~~		[[File:Attika-KerkyonWrestlingGround.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|The Kerkyon Wrestling Ground]]
	The '''Kerkyon Wrestling Ground''' was an open-air place by the road from [[Megara]] to [[Sanctuary of Eleusis]].		The '''Kerkyon Wrestling Ground''' was an open-air place by the road from [[Megara]] to [[Sanctuary of Eleusis]].

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	During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the monument.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>		During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the monument.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>

			==Trivia==
			*The name of the place references the "wrestling school of Cercyon" mentioned by the [[Keos\|Cean]] poet [[Bacchylides]] in his ''Dithyrambs''. According to the ''Description of Greece'' by {{Wiki\|Pausanias (geographer)\|Pausanias}}, the associated place did actually exist.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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{{Era|Locations}}
{{Imageneed}}
The '''Kerkyon Wrestling Ground''' was an open-air place by the road from [[Megara]] to [[Sanctuary of Eleusis]].

By the 5th century BCE, the place served as a memorial for the mythical king of Eleusis, [[Kerkyon]]. According to the story, he challenged travellers to wrestling matches, and slew those he defeated, until along came [[Theseus]], who bested Kerkyon and killed him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations]] / [[Historical Locations#Attika|Attika]]: Kerkyon Wrestling Ground</ref>

During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the monument.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''

==References==
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[[Category:Locations in Attika]]
[[Category:Locations in Sacred Plains of Demeter]]
[[Category:Monuments]]
[[Category:Shrines]]