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[[File:ACOd-Chios-RuinedTempleofAthenaPoliuchos.jpg|thumb|250px|The Ruined Temple of Athena Poliouchos]] | |||
The '''Ruined Temple of Athena Poliouchos''' was a temple dedicated to the goddess [[Athena]] located in the [[Forest of Tears]] | The '''Ruined Temple of Athena Poliouchos''' was a temple dedicated to the goddess [[Athena]] located in the [[Forest of Tears]] on [[Chios]], [[Greece]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
During the 6th century BCE, the temple was where [[Pactyas]], a {{Wiki|Lydia}}n general under {{Wiki|Cyrus the Great}} sought refuge in to escape capture. When he was subsequently captured, the residents of the island stopped making offerings to the temple.<ref | During the 6th century BCE, the temple was where [[Pactyas]], a {{Wiki|Lydia}}n general under {{Wiki|Cyrus the Great}} sought refuge in to escape capture. When he was subsequently captured, the residents of the island stopped making offerings to the temple.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Chios|Chios: Ruined Temple of Athena Poliouchos]]</ref> | ||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the temple ruins was visited by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]], who found that it had become an abode of | During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the temple ruins was visited by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]], who found that it had become an abode of [[bandit]]s, and subsequently claimed their valuables.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%82 | *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%82 Πολιούχος] (''polioúchos'') is colloquial [[Greece|Greek]] for 'patron saint' (lit. 'city-holder', 'city-protector'), and it's an honorific applied to multiple deities and legendary figures. | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' | ||
== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Locations in Chios]] | [[Category:Locations in Chios]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:02, 26 February 2021
This article is about Temple of Athena in Chios. For other uses, see Temple of Athena.
The Ruined Temple of Athena Poliouchos was a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena located in the Forest of Tears on Chios, Greece.
History[edit | edit source]
During the 6th century BCE, the temple was where Pactyas, a Lydian general under Cyrus the Great sought refuge in to escape capture. When he was subsequently captured, the residents of the island stopped making offerings to the temple.[1]
During the Peloponnesian War, the temple ruins was visited by the Spartan misthios Kassandra, who found that it had become an abode of bandits, and subsequently claimed their valuables.[2]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Πολιούχος (polioúchos) is colloquial Greek for 'patron saint' (lit. 'city-holder', 'city-protector'), and it's an honorific applied to multiple deities and legendary figures.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Chios: Ruined Temple of Athena Poliouchos
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey