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{{Quote|They are the hidden ones. Handpicked at an early age. Starved and trained in isolation. They must steal and kill to survive. If they succeed at their training, they become the king's guard.|King | {{Quote|They are the hidden ones. Handpicked at an early age. Starved and trained in isolation. They must steal and kill to survive. If they succeed at their training, they become the king's guard.|King Pausanias of Sparta, on the Krypteia, 429 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey|Bully the Bullies}} | ||
The '''Krypteia'''were an elite [[Sparta]]n military unit charged with the training of young Spartan men and the protection of the [[Two Kings of Sparta]], up to and during the [[Peloponnesian War]]. They represented Sparta's ultimate achievement in military training, and their discipline and fearlessness was considered to make Sparta's army the most feared in all the Greek world.<ref name="Bully the Bullies">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Bully the Bullies]]</ref> | [[File:ACOd-Keleasbody.jpg|thumb|250px|Keleas, one of the ''Krypteia'']] | ||
The '''''Krypteia''''' were an elite [[Sparta]]n military unit charged with the training of young Spartan men and the protection of the [[Two Kings of Sparta]], up to and during the [[Peloponnesian War]]. They represented Sparta's ultimate achievement in military [[Agoge|training]], and their discipline and fearlessness was considered to make Sparta's army the most feared in all the Greek world.<ref name="Bully the Bullies">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Bully the Bullies]]</ref> | |||
According to themselves, the ''krypteia'' were "elite ambush fighters".<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Knife in the Dark]]</ref> | |||
==History== | |||
When they returned to Sparta around 429 BCE, [[Myrrine]] told her daughter, the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]], that the best among the [[Agoge Fighter]]s would become ''krypteia'', "keepers of the peace, and stalkers in the night."<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home]]</ref> | |||
Soon after that, Kassandra was tasked by Pausanias to eliminate three among the ''krypteia'' who had, according to Pausanias, "gone rogue." Among these was [[Keleas]].<ref name="Bully the Bullies" /> | |||
Following the death of [[Lagos]], the archon of [[Arkadia]], King [[Archidamos of Sparta|Archidamos]] cursed Kassandra and her mother [[Myrrine]], saying "May the ''krypteia'' hunt you, and the ''[[helot]]s'' scrape the meat off your bones," as Kassandra accused one of the kings of being a member of the [[Cult of Kosmos]] and a traitor to Sparta.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Bloody Feast]]</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The side quest [[Bully the Bullies]] is one of only a handful of missions missable throughout ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', and as such it is uncertain if Kassandra canonically eliminated the | *The side quest [[Bully the Bullies]] is one of only a handful of missions missable throughout ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', and as such it is uncertain if Kassandra canonically eliminated the rogue ''krypteia'', as Pausanias asked. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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The Krypteia were an elite Spartan military unit charged with the training of young Spartan men and the protection of the Two Kings of Sparta, up to and during the Peloponnesian War. They represented Sparta's ultimate achievement in military training, and their discipline and fearlessness was considered to make Sparta's army the most feared in all the Greek world.[1]
According to themselves, the krypteia were "elite ambush fighters".[2]
History[edit | edit source]
When they returned to Sparta around 429 BCE, Myrrine told her daughter, the misthios Kassandra, that the best among the Agoge Fighters would become krypteia, "keepers of the peace, and stalkers in the night."[3] Soon after that, Kassandra was tasked by Pausanias to eliminate three among the krypteia who had, according to Pausanias, "gone rogue." Among these was Keleas.[1]
Following the death of Lagos, the archon of Arkadia, King Archidamos cursed Kassandra and her mother Myrrine, saying "May the krypteia hunt you, and the helots scrape the meat off your bones," as Kassandra accused one of the kings of being a member of the Cult of Kosmos and a traitor to Sparta.[4]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The side quest Bully the Bullies is one of only a handful of missions missable throughout Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, and as such it is uncertain if Kassandra canonically eliminated the rogue krypteia, as Pausanias asked.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Bully the Bullies
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Knife in the Dark
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Home Sweet Home
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Bloody Feast