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During the pankration event in the 564 BCE Olympics, [[Arrachion]] was pronounced the winner posthumously after he was illegally suffocated to death by his opponent during a bout.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | During the pankration event in the 564 BCE Olympics, [[Arrachion]] was pronounced the winner posthumously after he was illegally suffocated to death by his opponent during a bout.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | ||
By the time of the [[Peloponnesian War]], the majority of Greek ''[[Polis|poleis]]'' had a pankration champion representing them at the Olympic Games; in 428 BCE, the pankratists participating in the event included [[Orion (Olympian)|Orion]] and [[Orestes (Olympian)|Orestes]], while [[Rhodes]] was represented by the reigning champion [[Dorieus]], and [[Sparta]] was represented by the [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]],<ref name="Pankration">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Pankration]]</ref> who had to take the place of Sparta's [[Testikles]] following his untimely death.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Delivering a Champion]]</ref> | By the time of the [[Peloponnesian War]], the majority of Greek ''[[Polis|poleis]]'' had a pankration champion representing them at the Olympic Games; in 428 BCE, the pankratists participating in the event included [[Orion (Olympian)|Orion]] and [[Orestes (Olympian)|Orestes]], while [[Rhodes]] was represented by the reigning champion [[Dorieus]], and [[Sparta]] was represented by the [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]],<ref name="Pankration">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Pankration (memory)|Pankration]]</ref> who had to take the place of Sparta's [[Testikles]] following his untimely death.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Delivering a Champion]]</ref> | ||
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Pankration was a sporting event introduced into the Greek Olympic Games during the 7th century BCE and was an empty-hand submission sport with scarcely any rules.
Participants used a combination of boxing and wrestling techniques, but also others, such as kicking and holds, locks and chokes on the ground. The only things not acceptable were biting and gouging out the opponent's eyes. [citation needed]
History
During the pankration event in the 564 BCE Olympics, Arrachion was pronounced the winner posthumously after he was illegally suffocated to death by his opponent during a bout.[1]
By the time of the Peloponnesian War, the majority of Greek poleis had a pankration champion representing them at the Olympic Games; in 428 BCE, the pankratists participating in the event included Orion and Orestes, while Rhodes was represented by the reigning champion Dorieus, and Sparta was represented by the misthios Kassandra,[2] who had to take the place of Sparta's Testikles following his untimely death.[3]
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Pankration
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Delivering a Champion