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{{Quote|My friend Kenon said it was to crush our enemies, and to hear the lamentations of their women.|Khemu|Assassin's Creed: Origins}} | {{Quote|My friend Kenon said it was to crush our enemies, and to hear the lamentations of their women.|Khemu|Assassin's Creed: Origins|Apis (Stone Circle)}} | ||
'''Kenon''' was an [[Egypt]]ian friend of [[Khemu]], the son of the [[Medjay]] of [[Siwa]], [[Bayek]], who lived in the mid-1st century BCE.<ref name="Apis">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Apis (Stone Circle)|Apis]]</ref> | '''Kenon''' was an [[Egypt]]ian friend of [[Khemu]], the son of the [[Medjay]] of [[Siwa]], [[Bayek]], who lived in the mid-1st century BCE.<ref name="Apis">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Apis (Stone Circle)|Apis]]</ref> | ||
Once, when Khemu raised the question "what is best in life" | Once, when Khemu raised the question ''"what is best in life?"'', Kenon responded that it was to vanquish one's enemies to the anguish of their women. Khemu later reported this violent answer to his father when presenting the same query to him, to which Bayek reminded him that they were Medjay, not barbarians.<ref name="Apis" /> | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*Kenon's name is a reference through word play to the fantasy character {{Wiki|Conan the Barbarian}}. By swapping the location of the vowels, it reads "Konen", which is phonetically similar to one way of pronouncing "Conan". Given this information, it would seem that his answer to what he thought best in life is a reference to Conan's line in his {{Wiki|Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|1982 titular film}}. In fact, this is often misattributed and instead is a paraphrase of [[Genghis Khan]]'s response to the same query. His reply in full was, ''"to crush your enemies, to see them fall at your feet to take their horses and goods and hear the lamentation of their women."''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/genghiskhantheem035122mbp/page/n115/mode/2up|title=Genghis Khan: The Emperor of all Men|author={{Wiki|Harold Lamb}}|publisher={{Wiki|Internet Archive|Archive.org}}|pages=p. 112|work=Chapter 11 – Karakorum.|accessdate=27 November 2020|date=1936}}</ref> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
Revision as of 02:10, 27 November 2020
Kenon was an Egyptian friend of Khemu, the son of the Medjay of Siwa, Bayek, who lived in the mid-1st century BCE.[1]
Once, when Khemu raised the question "what is best in life?", Kenon responded that it was to vanquish one's enemies to the anguish of their women. Khemu later reported this violent answer to his father when presenting the same query to him, to which Bayek reminded him that they were Medjay, not barbarians.[1]
Trivia
- Kenon's name is a reference through word play to the fantasy character Conan the Barbarian. By swapping the location of the vowels, it reads "Konen", which is phonetically similar to one way of pronouncing "Conan". Given this information, it would seem that his answer to what he thought best in life is a reference to Conan's line in his 1982 titular film. In fact, this is often misattributed and instead is a paraphrase of Genghis Khan's response to the same query. His reply in full was, "to crush your enemies, to see them fall at your feet to take their horses and goods and hear the lamentation of their women."[2]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (mentioned only)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Origins – Apis
- ↑ Harold Lamb (1936). Genghis Khan: The Emperor of all Men. Chapter 11 – Karakorum. p. 112. Archive.org. Retrieved on 27 November 2020.