Welcome to Assassin's Creed Wiki! Log in and join the community.
Iapetos (ship): Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
imported>RebeccaAWB m Heading fix, replaced: ==Appearance== → ==Appearances==, ==Reference== → ==References== |
imported>Zone of Endless m removing newline before Era template |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Iapetos''}}{{Era|Transportation}} | |||
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Iapetos''}} | {{Youmay|the ship|the Titan [[Iapetos]]}} | ||
{{Era|Transportation}} | |||
{{ | |||
[[File:ACOd-Iapetos.jpg|thumb|250px|The ''Iapetos'']] | [[File:ACOd-Iapetos.jpg|thumb|250px|The ''Iapetos'']] | ||
The '''''Iapetos''''' was a [[Piracy|pirate]] [[trireme]] haunting the gulf west of the [[Triple Peninsula of Chalkidike]] in [[Makedonia]] with lesser pirate vessels during the 5th century BCE. | The '''''Iapetos''''' was a [[Piracy|pirate]] [[trireme]] haunting the gulf west of the [[Triple Peninsula of Chalkidike]] in [[Makedonia]] with lesser pirate vessels during the 5th century BCE. | ||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the ''[[Adrestia]]'', commanded by the [[Sparta]]n [[Mercenary| | During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the ''[[Adrestia]]'', commanded by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] and captained by [[Barnabas]], engaged the ''Iapetos'' and his companions in battle, and sank it. Kassandra claimed the sail and finery of ''Iapetos'' for her own.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The ship is named after the [[Titan]] | *The ship is named after the [[Titan]] [[Iapetos]], regarded by [[Homer]] in his ''[[Iliad]]'' as the brother of [[Kronos]]. | ||
*The ship's finery bears a stylized map of the fabled [[Labyrinth of Lost Souls|labyrinth]] of the [[Minotaur]]. This is a visual also seen as the emblem of [[Messara]]. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center"> | <gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center"> | ||
ACOD The Labyrinth's Bow Ship Design.png|The design of the ''Iapetos'' | |||
ACOd-Iapetos-Adrestia.jpg|The ''Adrestia'' in the style of the ''Iapetos'' | ACOd-Iapetos-Adrestia.jpg|The ''Adrestia'' in the style of the ''Iapetos'' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 02:49, 17 October 2021
| This article is about the ship. You may be looking for the Titan Iapetos. |

The Iapetos was a pirate trireme haunting the gulf west of the Triple Peninsula of Chalkidike in Makedonia with lesser pirate vessels during the 5th century BCE.
During the Peloponnesian War, the Adrestia, commanded by the Spartan misthios Kassandra and captained by Barnabas, engaged the Iapetos and his companions in battle, and sank it. Kassandra claimed the sail and finery of Iapetos for her own.[1]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The ship is named after the Titan Iapetos, regarded by Homer in his Iliad as the brother of Kronos.
- The ship's finery bears a stylized map of the fabled labyrinth of the Minotaur. This is a visual also seen as the emblem of Messara.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
-
The design of the Iapetos
-
The Adrestia in the style of the Iapetos
Appearances[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]