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*Historically, {{Wiki|Thespis}} is recognised as the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play (instead of speaking as him or herself). Thespis lived during the 6th century BCE, making his presence in ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' anachronistic, if indeed he is meant to be the same individual at all. | *Historically, {{Wiki|Thespis}} is recognised as the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play (instead of speaking as him or herself). Thespis lived during the 6th century BCE, making his presence in ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' anachronistic, if indeed he is meant to be the same individual at all. | ||
*The word ''thespian'' is derived from the historical individual's name. | |||
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Thespis was an Athenian actor and friend of Aristophanes, who lived during the late 5th century BCE.
In around 427 BCE, he was involved in a plot, alongside Aristophanes, to sabotage the reputation of Kleon, the leader of the Delian League and a Sage of the Cult of Kosmos.[1]
Later in 422 BCE, he was present in Elis to conduct a play potraying King Leonidas I of Sparta.[1]
Trivia
- Historically, Thespis is recognised as the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play (instead of speaking as him or herself). Thespis lived during the 6th century BCE, making his presence in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey anachronistic, if indeed he is meant to be the same individual at all.
- The word thespian is derived from the historical individual's name.
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