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[[File:Phokis-GraveofLaios.jpg|thumb|250px|Laios' grave]]
[[File:ACOD_Grave_of_Laios.jpg|thumb|250px|Laios' grave]]
The '''Grave of Laios''' was a grave located on the eastern foothills of the [[Grand Mount Parnassos]] in [[Phokis]], [[Greece]].
The '''Grave of Laios''' was the location where the King [[Laios]] of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] and the father of [[Oedipous]] was slain by his son, and subsequently buried.


Located northwest of the city of [[Orchomenos]] in [[Boeotia]], the grave was marked by a statue of a hound.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
==History==
The grave, adorned with a statue of a [[Dog|hound]], marked the location where, while on his way to see the [[Pythia|Oracle]] at the [[Sanctuary of Delphi]], King [[Laios]] of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] was slain by his son [[Oedipous]] and subsequently buried.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Phokis|Phokis: Grave of Laios]]</ref>


During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the tomb was visited by the [[Sparta]]n [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]].<ref name="ACOD" />
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the tomb was visited by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>


==Appearance==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''


==Reference==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Locations in Boeotia]]
[[Category:Locations in Phokis]]
[[Category:Locations in the Grand Mount Parnassos]]
[[Category:Tombs]]
[[Category:Tombs]]

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Laios' grave

The Grave of Laios was a grave located on the eastern foothills of the Grand Mount Parnassos in Phokis, Greece.

History[edit | edit source]

The grave, adorned with a statue of a hound, marked the location where, while on his way to see the Oracle at the Sanctuary of Delphi, King Laios of Thebes was slain by his son Oedipous and subsequently buried.[1]

During the Peloponnesian War, the tomb was visited by the Spartan misthios Kassandra.[2]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]