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{{Quote|They are the hidden ones. Handpicked at an early age. Starved and trained in isolation. They must steal and kill to survive. If they succeed at their training, they become the king's guard.|King [[Pausanias of Sparta]], on the Krypteia, 429 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey|Bully the Bullies}} | {{Quote|They are the hidden ones. Handpicked at an early age. Starved and trained in isolation. They must steal and kill to survive. If they succeed at their training, they become the king's guard.|King [[Pausanias of Sparta]], on the Krypteia, 429 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey|Bully the Bullies}} | ||
The '''Krypteia''' were an elite [[Sparta]]n military unit charged with the training of young Spartan men and the protection of the [[Two Kings of Sparta]], up to and during the [[Peloponnesian War]]. They represented Sparta's ultimate achievement in military [[Agoge|training]], and their discipline and fearlessness was considered to make Sparta's army the most feared in all the Greek world.<ref name="Bully the Bullies">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Bully the Bullies]]</ref> | The '''''Krypteia''''' were an elite [[Sparta]]n military unit charged with the training of young Spartan men and the protection of the [[Two Kings of Sparta]], up to and during the [[Peloponnesian War]]. They represented Sparta's ultimate achievement in military [[Agoge|training]], and their discipline and fearlessness was considered to make Sparta's army the most feared in all the Greek world.<ref name="Bully the Bullies">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Bully the Bullies]]</ref> | ||
When they returned to Sparta around 429 BCE, [[Myrrine]] told her daughter, the [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]], that the best among the [[Agoge Fighter]]s would become ''krypteia'', "keepers of the peace, and stalkers in the night."<ref name="Home Sweet Home">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home]]</ref> | When they returned to Sparta around 429 BCE, [[Myrrine]] told her daughter, the [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]], that the best among the [[Agoge Fighter]]s would become ''krypteia'', "keepers of the peace, and stalkers in the night."<ref name="Home Sweet Home">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Home Sweet Home]]</ref> | ||
Soon after that, Kassandra was tasked by Pausanias to eliminate three among the | Soon after that, Kassandra was tasked by Pausanias to eliminate three among the ''krypteia'' who had, according to Pausanias, "gone rogue." Among these was [[Keleas]].<ref name="Bully the Bullies" /> | ||
Following the death of [[Lagos]], the archon of [[Arkadia]], King [[Archidamos of Sparta|Archidamos]] cursed Kassandra and her mother [[Myrrine]], saying "May the ''krypteia'' hunt you, and the ''[[helot]]s'' scrape the meat off your bones," as Kassandra accused one of the kings of being a member of the [[Cult of Kosmos]] and a traitor to Sparta.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Bloody Feast]]</ref> | Following the death of [[Lagos]], the archon of [[Arkadia]], King [[Archidamos of Sparta|Archidamos]] cursed Kassandra and her mother [[Myrrine]], saying "May the ''krypteia'' hunt you, and the ''[[helot]]s'' scrape the meat off your bones," as Kassandra accused one of the kings of being a member of the [[Cult of Kosmos]] and a traitor to Sparta.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Bloody Feast]]</ref> | ||
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- "They are the hidden ones. Handpicked at an early age. Starved and trained in isolation. They must steal and kill to survive. If they succeed at their training, they become the king's guard."
- ―King Pausanias of Sparta, on the Krypteia, 429 BCE.[src]-[m]
The Krypteia were an elite Spartan military unit charged with the training of young Spartan men and the protection of the Two Kings of Sparta, up to and during the Peloponnesian War. They represented Sparta's ultimate achievement in military training, and their discipline and fearlessness was considered to make Sparta's army the most feared in all the Greek world.[1]
When they returned to Sparta around 429 BCE, Myrrine told her daughter, the misthios Kassandra, that the best among the Agoge Fighters would become krypteia, "keepers of the peace, and stalkers in the night."[2] Soon after that, Kassandra was tasked by Pausanias to eliminate three among the krypteia who had, according to Pausanias, "gone rogue." Among these was Keleas.[1]
Following the death of Lagos, the archon of Arkadia, King Archidamos cursed Kassandra and her mother Myrrine, saying "May the krypteia hunt you, and the helots scrape the meat off your bones," as Kassandra accused one of the kings of being a member of the Cult of Kosmos and a traitor to Sparta.[3]
Trivia
- The side quest Bully the Bullies is one of only a handful of missions missable throughout Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, and as such it is uncertain if Kassandra canonically eliminated the krypteia, as Pausanias asked.
Appearances
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Bully the Bullies
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Home Sweet Home
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Bloody Feast