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'''Miltos''' is a red mineral substance, which was rare and thus valuable in the ancient [[Greece]]. | '''Miltos''' is a red mineral substance, which was rare and thus valuable in the ancient [[Greece]]. | ||
The island of [[Keos]] was the main source of ''miltos'' and the economy of [[Koressia]], the main city of the island, was dependable on the pigment. The substance was used to paint [[trireme]]s to help maintain them, and for this reason [[Athens]] especially was after the substance.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | The island of [[Keos]] was the main source of ''miltos'' and the economy of [[Koressia]], the main city of the island, was dependable on the pigment. The substance was used to paint [[trireme]]s to help maintain them, and for this reason [[Athens]] especially was after the substance.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Adrestia#Ship designs|The Scarlet Dawn]]</ref> | ||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the [[Mercenary| | During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] learned about a missing ''miltos'' cargo, and investigated. She found the [[shipwreck]] and its shipment of ''miltos'' near the [[Wailing Cavern]] around the island of [[Lestris]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Red in the Wreckage]]</ref> | ||
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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/μίλτος μίλτος] (''míltos'') is Greek word denoting 'red', 'ochre', and even 'blood'. | *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/μίλτος μίλτος] (''míltos'') is Greek word denoting 'red', 'ochre', and even 'blood'. | ||
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Miltos is a red mineral substance, which was rare and thus valuable in the ancient Greece.
The island of Keos was the main source of miltos and the economy of Koressia, the main city of the island, was dependable on the pigment. The substance was used to paint triremes to help maintain them, and for this reason Athens especially was after the substance.[1]
During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra learned about a missing miltos cargo, and investigated. She found the shipwreck and its shipment of miltos near the Wailing Cavern around the island of Lestris.[2]
Trivia
- μίλτος (míltos) is Greek word denoting 'red', 'ochre', and even 'blood'.