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'''Hermippos''' (died 431 BCE) was an [[Athens|Athenian]] | '''Hermippos''' (died 431 BCE) was an [[Athens|Athenian]] comic playwright. He was also member of the [[Eyes of Kosmos]] branch of the [[Cult of Kosmos]], operating in [[Attika]], [[Greece]] during the 5th century BCE. He was son of Lysis and brother of Myrtilos. | ||
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- "What is a leader if he hides behind the walls he built himself? Send me fire, storm, or sickness, but bring me justice for my city."
- ―Hermippos[src]
Hermippos (died 431 BCE) was an Athenian comic playwright. He was also member of the Eyes of Kosmos branch of the Cult of Kosmos, operating in Attika, Greece during the 5th century BCE. He was son of Lysis and brother of Myrtilos.
Biography
Hermippos found his calling in life in theater and the Cult of Kosmos. The former helped him in the designs of the latter, for Hermippos used the theater to influence the Athenians' and accuse Perikles, the leader of Athens, of weakness and cowardice. He lived in Athens, in the house deemed one of the most beautiful houses in the whole city. During the day, though, he could be found within the Lame One's Temple in Athens.[1]
When the Spartan misthios Kassandra set out to demolish the Cult of Kosmos, Hermippos became one of her targets.[2]
Kassandra came across Sokrates arguing with a playwright named Aristophanes who was angry at Hermippos for badmouthing Perikles at one of his plays. After the discussion, Aristophanes tracked Kassandra to find Hermippos at his residence since he was nowhere to be found. At the residence, Kassandra found a cultist mask indicating Hermippos' identity as a member of the Cult of Kosmos. [citation needed]
After Kassandra had killed Hermippos, she found the word "Nyx" etched onto his gloves. Whether this was an act of fealty or provocation, this clue served to bring her closer to the Sage of the Eyes of Kosmos.[2]
Correspondence
Hermippos sent a letter to his fellow Eye, The Master, urging the Master to be patient, and telling him that Hermippos' contact "a fort captain who feeds me information" had promised that Attika would soon fall.[1]
Said captain, however, seemed to lack Hermippos' company, according to his letter which Kassandra found at Fort Phyle. In it, the captain bemoaned the fact that despite Hermippos' promises, his bed was cold.[1]
Trivia
- In the novel Hermippos died at sea, drowning alongside three other cultists, their ship cleaved by the Adrestia as Kassandra fled Athens for Argolis in search of Hippokrates after Hermippos had attempted to poison Kassandra at Perikles's Symposium.
- Hermippos can be unveiled as a member of the Cult of Kosmos after Perikles's Symposium in one of three ways:
- Completing the quest Free Speech, a character quest for Sokrates. This will automatically unveil him after returning to Aristophanes.
- Looting a clue from the polemarch in charge of Fort Phyle. Unveiling him afterwards will automatically complete 'Free Speech' once it becomes available, so players wanting to do both should leave him as "ready to unveil," although the only benefit is in seeing the quest dialogue; the rewards are issued all the same.
- Killing him at the Temple of Hephaistos prior to unveiling him. This will automatically unveil him in the "defeated" pose i.e. back facing the camera and slumped over like other mercenaries and cultists.
- None of these options are available until after 'Perikles's Symposium', as Hermippos is not loaded into the overworld until after that quest is complete.
- If the player does not collect the polemarch's letter before Hermippos is unveiled, it can still be collected, but there is no way to read it.
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