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[[File:ACOD_Desphina_Fort.jpg|thumb|250px|The Desphina Fort in Phokis]]
[[File:ACOD_Desphina_Fort.jpg|thumb|250px|The Desphina Fort in Phokis]]
'''Desphina Fort''' was a military stronghold located ín [[Phokis]], [[Greece]].
'''Desphina Fort''' was a military stronghold located in [[Phokis]], [[Greece]] on the [[Hill of the Sacred War]] and operated during the [[Peloponnesian War]].


During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the [[Sparta]]n [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]] explored the place, finding one of the [[Ainigmata Ostraka]] within.<ref name="A Finger Tip">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[A Finger Tip]]</ref>
==History==
In 431 BCE, it was the place where [[Amyris]], a priest of the [[Sanctuary of Delphi]], intended to sell the precious sapphires he'd stolen from the Sanctuary's treasury with his fellow priests. The [[Sparta]]n ''[[mercenary|misthios]]'' Kassandra, at the request of her friend [[Photios]], tracked the sapphires to the fort and retrieved them, whereupon she returned them to Photios.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Photios's Pre-Tirement]]</ref> In the process, she also found one of the [[Ainigmata Ostraka]] within the fort.<ref name="A Finger Tip">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Ainigmata Ostraka]]: A Finger Tip</ref>


Desphina Fort was also the place where [[Amyris]], a priest of the [[Sanctuary of Delphi]], intended to sell the precious sapphires he'd stolen from a treasury with his friends. Kassandra, at the request of [[Photios]], her friend and former mentor, found the sapphires at the fort and returned them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Photios's Pre-Tirement]]</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
Phokis-DesphinaFortfacade.jpg|The facade of the fort
Phokis-DesphinaFortabove.jpg
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==Appearances==
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Latest revision as of 01:17, 24 June 2024

The Desphina Fort in Phokis

Desphina Fort was a military stronghold located in Phokis, Greece on the Hill of the Sacred War and operated during the Peloponnesian War.

History[edit | edit source]

In 431 BCE, it was the place where Amyris, a priest of the Sanctuary of Delphi, intended to sell the precious sapphires he'd stolen from the Sanctuary's treasury with his fellow priests. The Spartan misthios Kassandra, at the request of her friend Photios, tracked the sapphires to the fort and retrieved them, whereupon she returned them to Photios.[1] In the process, she also found one of the Ainigmata Ostraka within the fort.[2]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyPhotios's Pre-Tirement
  2. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyAinigmata Ostraka: A Finger Tip