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[[File:ACOd-Messenia-TempleofApolloKorythos.jpg|thumb|250px|The Temple of Apollo Korythos]]
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The '''Temple of Apollo Korythos''' was a temple dedicated to [[Apollo]] in [[Aipeia]] within the [[Valley of Aristomenes]] in [[Messenia]], [[Greece]].
The '''Temple of Apollo Korythos''' was a temple dedicated to [[Apollo]] in [[Aipeia]] within the [[Valley of Aristomenes]] in [[Messenia]], [[Greece]].


Largely in ruin during the [[Peloponnesian War]], the temple was used by the [[Order of Dominion]] as one of their outposts. Around 422 BCE, the temple visited by the [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]] who eliminated Order guards.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline]]'' – [[Give Our Respects]]</ref> She also claimed the valuables and recovered an [[Ainigmata Ostraka]] in the temple.<ref name="Procession of Bones">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Procession of Bones]]</ref>
The temple celebrated the god for his healing powers<ref name="Aipeia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Messenia|Messenia: Aipeia]]</ref>, but it was rendered largely in ruin by the time of the [[Peloponnesian War]]. The [[Order of Dominion]] branch of the [[Order of the Ancients]] had claimed the site as one of their outposts by the 420s BCE. Soon after, the temple was visited by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] who eliminated the Order guards.<ref name="Give Our Respects">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline]]'' – [[Give Our Respects]]</ref> She also claimed the valuables and recovered an [[Ainigmata Ostraka]] in the temple.<ref name="Procession of Bones">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Ainigmata Ostraka]]: Procession of Bones</ref>
 
==Behind the scenes==
The temple of Apollo Korythos in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' is based on the ruins of an actual temple. The epithet of Apollo, [https://www.theoi.com/Cult/ApollonTitles.html Κορυνθος], references the sacred cakes of the same name.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center">
ACOd-Messenia-TempleofApolloKorythosint.jpg|A view within
ACOd-Messenia-Aipeia-TempleofApolloKorythos-AinigmataOstraka.jpg|Kassandra discovering the Ainigmata Ostraka within the temple
</gallery>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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This article is about the temple of Apollo in Aipeia. For other uses, see Temple of Apollo.
The Temple of Apollo Korythos

The Temple of Apollo Korythos was a temple dedicated to Apollo in Aipeia within the Valley of Aristomenes in Messenia, Greece.

The temple celebrated the god for his healing powers[1], but it was rendered largely in ruin by the time of the Peloponnesian War. The Order of Dominion branch of the Order of the Ancients had claimed the site as one of their outposts by the 420s BCE. Soon after, the temple was visited by the Spartan misthios Kassandra who eliminated the Order guards.[2] She also claimed the valuables and recovered an Ainigmata Ostraka in the temple.[3]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

The temple of Apollo Korythos in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is based on the ruins of an actual temple. The epithet of Apollo, Κορυνθος, references the sacred cakes of the same name.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyMessenia: Aipeia
  2. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyLegacy of the First Blade: BloodlineGive Our Respects
  3. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyAinigmata Ostraka: Procession of Bones