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|name = Aletes | |||
|image = ACOd-Aletes.jpg | |||
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|species = [[Human]] | |||
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'''Aletes''' was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[merchant|vendor]] working in the [[Sanctuary of Olympia]] in [[Elis]] during the 428 BCE [[Olympic Games]]. | '''Aletes''' was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[merchant|vendor]] working in the [[Sanctuary of Olympia]] in [[Elis]] during the 428 BCE [[Olympic Games]]. | ||
After a rumor went around that the javelinist [[Pithekos]] was off his game, and everyone bet against him, Aletes asked the [[Sparta]]n [[Mercenary| | After a rumor went around that the javelinist [[Pithekos]] was off his game, and everyone bet against him, Aletes asked the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] to look into it, while Aletes continued to take bets for the match.<ref name="Throwing the Bet">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Throwing the Bet]]</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/αλήτης Ἀλήτης] (''alítis'') is a Greek word meaning 'bum, roughneck, loafer', though it is also a name shared by {{Wiki|Aletes|multiple}} figures in Greek mythology. | *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/αλήτης Ἀλήτης] (''alítis'') is a Greek word meaning 'bum, roughneck, loafer', though it is also a name shared by {{Wiki|Aletes|multiple}} figures in Greek mythology. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center"> | |||
ACOd-Aletesbody.jpg|Aletes calling for bets | |||
ACOd-AletesClient.jpg|Aletes with a client and a dog | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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[[Category:Greeks]] | [[Category:Greeks]] | ||
[[Category:Eleans]] | [[Category:Eleans]] | ||
[[Category:Merchants]] | [[Category:Merchants]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:48, 25 November 2023
Aletes was a Greek vendor working in the Sanctuary of Olympia in Elis during the 428 BCE Olympic Games.
After a rumor went around that the javelinist Pithekos was off his game, and everyone bet against him, Aletes asked the Spartan misthios Kassandra to look into it, while Aletes continued to take bets for the match.[1]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Ἀλήτης (alítis) is a Greek word meaning 'bum, roughneck, loafer', though it is also a name shared by multiple figures in Greek mythology.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Aletes calling for bets -
Aletes with a client and a dog
