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{{Quote|This is where Leonidas was laid to rest. I wish I had known him.|Kassandra}} | {{Quote|This is where Leonidas was laid to rest. I wish I had known him.|Kassandra, 431 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey|Memories Awoken}} | ||
[[File:Memories Awoken - Assassins Creed Odyssey.png|thumb|250px|Herodotos and Kassandra at the Lion]] | [[File:Memories Awoken - Assassins Creed Odyssey.png|thumb|250px|Herodotos and Kassandra at the Lion]] | ||
The '''Lion of Leonidas''' was a statue of a [[lion]] | The '''Lion of Leonidas''' was a memorial to King [[Leonidas I of Sparta]]; a statue of a [[lion]] backed by pillars, it was set where the king was first laid to rest after the [[Battle of Thermopylae]], in [[Malis]], [[Greece]]. | ||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the | During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'', and granddaughter of Leonidas, [[Kassandra]] visited the memorial to meet with [[Herodotos]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref> | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
Revision as of 18:21, 9 January 2019
The Lion of Leonidas was a memorial to King Leonidas I of Sparta; a statue of a lion backed by pillars, it was set where the king was first laid to rest after the Battle of Thermopylae, in Malis, Greece.
During the Peloponnesian War the Spartan misthios, and granddaughter of Leonidas, Kassandra visited the memorial to meet with Herodotos.[1]