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The '''Gymnasium''' was a training place located in the ''[[polis]]'' of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] in [[Boeotia]], [[Greece]]. | The '''Gymnasium''' was a training place located in the ''[[polis]]'' of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] in [[Boeotia]], [[Greece]]. | ||
Here, athletes wrestled with each other after covering themselves with [[olive]] oil and sand. After the training was over, they cleaned themselves using a ''{{Wiki|strigil}}'' to wipe the mix away.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations]] / [[Historical Locations#Boeotia|Boeotia]]: Gymnasium</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the [[Sparta]]n [[Mercenary| | During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the place while hunting the [[Champions of Boeotia]], especially [[Drakon]] who was said to frequent the place.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The End of Drakon]]</ref> | ||
Instead of Drakon, Kassandra found [[Melanippos (Thebian)|Melanippos]], a man who had moved to Thebes with dreams of becoming a [[Pankration|pankratist]], and who instead had fallen in love with Drakon. From him Kassandra learned that Drakon usually spent all night and day at the Gymnasium with Melanippos, but that lately Drakon had seemed distracted.<ref name="Brewing Love">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Brewing Love]]</ref> | Instead of Drakon, Kassandra found [[Melanippos (Thebian)|Melanippos]], a man who had moved to Thebes with dreams of becoming a [[Pankration|pankratist]], and who instead had fallen in love with Drakon. From him Kassandra learned that Drakon usually spent all night and day at the Gymnasium with Melanippos, but that lately Drakon had seemed distracted.<ref name="Brewing Love">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Brewing Love]]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:32, 21 September 2019
The Gymnasium was a training place located in the polis of Thebes in Boeotia, Greece.
Here, athletes wrestled with each other after covering themselves with olive oil and sand. After the training was over, they cleaned themselves using a strigil to wipe the mix away.[1]
History
During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited the place while hunting the Champions of Boeotia, especially Drakon who was said to frequent the place.[2]
Instead of Drakon, Kassandra found Melanippos, a man who had moved to Thebes with dreams of becoming a pankratist, and who instead had fallen in love with Drakon. From him Kassandra learned that Drakon usually spent all night and day at the Gymnasium with Melanippos, but that lately Drakon had seemed distracted.[3]
Sure that his beloved had found someone else, Melanippos asked for Kassandra's help in making a love potion.[3]
Trivia
- When driven out of the Fort of Plataia, the leader of Boeotia withdrew into Thebes, walking its streets and occasionally training at the Gymnasium.
Gallery
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The Gymnasium -
The interior of the Gymnasium
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Historical Locations / Boeotia: Gymnasium
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The End of Drakon
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Brewing Love