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==History== | ==History== | ||
===5th century BCE=== | |||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] was asked by the [[Doctor|healer]] [[Hippokrates]] to gather some hemlock for his elderly patient, [[Pentheus (Thebian)|Pentheus]].<ref name="Inheritance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Inheritance Insurance]]</ref> | During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] was asked by the [[Doctor|healer]] [[Hippokrates]] to gather some hemlock for his elderly patient, [[Pentheus (Thebian)|Pentheus]].<ref name="Inheritance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Inheritance Insurance]]</ref> | ||
Given hemlock's high toxicity, too high amount would lead to quick death.<ref name="Inheritance" /><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the Peloponnesian War, the [[Piracy|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> | Given hemlock's high toxicity, too high amount would lead to quick death.<ref name="Inheritance" /><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)|A Night to Remember]] </ref> During the Peloponnesian War, the [[Piracy|pirates]] who took over the island of [[Keos]] avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> | ||
===1st century BCE=== | |||
During the 1st century BCE in [[Ptolemy XIII|Ptolemaic]] [[Egypt]], a poisoner [[Melina the Hibiscus]] used hemlock as part of the concoction which made the sacred [[crocodile]]s of [[Krokodilopolis]]' [[Temple of Sobek]] ill, irritable, and bleed from their eyes.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Sobek's Tears]]</ref> | During the 1st century BCE in [[Ptolemy XIII|Ptolemaic]] [[Egypt]], a poisoner [[Melina the Hibiscus]] used hemlock as part of the concoction which made the sacred [[crocodile]]s of [[Krokodilopolis]]' [[Temple of Sobek]] ill, irritable, and bleed from their eyes.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Sobek's Tears]]</ref> | ||
===Renaissance=== | |||
When the [[hidden blade]] of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Assassin]], was upgraded to include [[Poison Blade|poison]], the poison used was originally distillation of hemlock, though he later replaced it with {{Wiki|Hyoscyamus niger|henbane}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref> | When the [[hidden blade]] of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Assassin]], was upgraded to include [[Poison Blade|poison]], the poison used was originally distillation of hemlock, though he later replaced it with {{Wiki|Hyoscyamus niger|henbane}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref> | ||
===American Revolution=== | |||
The deadliness of hemlock was also utilized by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] during the [[American Revolution]], as his arsenal included small [[Throwing knife|knives]] coated with a poison derived from the hemlock.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> | The deadliness of hemlock was also utilized by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] during the [[American Revolution]], as his arsenal included small [[Throwing knife|knives]] coated with a poison derived from the hemlock.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> | ||
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Hemlock is a highly poisonous plant, though it has been used medically since the antiquity.
History
5th century BCE
During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra was asked by the healer Hippokrates to gather some hemlock for his elderly patient, Pentheus.[1]
Given hemlock's high toxicity, too high amount would lead to quick death.[1][2] During the Peloponnesian War, the pirates who took over the island of Keos avoided the looming famine by forcing everyone over the age of 60 to drink a concoction made of hemlock, killing them.[3]
1st century BCE
During the 1st century BCE in Ptolemaic Egypt, a poisoner Melina the Hibiscus used hemlock as part of the concoction which made the sacred crocodiles of Krokodilopolis' Temple of Sobek ill, irritable, and bleed from their eyes.[4]
Renaissance
When the hidden blade of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, an Italian Assassin, was upgraded to include poison, the poison used was originally distillation of hemlock, though he later replaced it with henbane.[5]
American Revolution
The deadliness of hemlock was also utilized by the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton during the American Revolution, as his arsenal included small knives coated with a poison derived from the hemlock.[6]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Renaissance
- Assassin's Creed III
- Assassin's Creed: Origins
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Inheritance Insurance
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Night to Remember
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Sobek's Tears
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Renaissance
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III