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[[File:ACOD_Orchomenos_01.jpg|thumb|250px|Orchomenos]]
[[File:ACOD_Orchomenos_01.jpg|thumb|250px|Orchomenos]]
'''Orchomenos''', alternatively '''Orchomenos City''', was an ancient [[Polis|city-state]] located in [[Boeotia]], [[Greece]]. In antiquity, it served as the capital of the legendary {{Wiki|Minyans}} which formed a district of Boeotia. The Greek gods [[Zeus]] and [[Dionysus]] were widely worshipped there, with the former regarded as the city's protector. Its most famous sanctuary was to a group of deities known as the [[Charites]].
The City of '''Orchomenos''' was an ancient [[Polis|city-state]] located within the [[Lake Kopais]] region of [[Boeotia]], [[Greece]].


During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the city was visited by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
In antiquity, Orchomenos served as the capital of the legendary {{Wiki|Minyans}} which formed a district of Boeotia. The Greek gods [[Zeus]] and [[Dionysos]] were widely worshipped there, with the former regarded as the city's protector. Its most famous sanctuary, however, was to a group of deities known as the [[Charites]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
 
During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the city was visited by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]].<ref name="ACOd" />


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Orchomenos

The City of Orchomenos was an ancient city-state located within the Lake Kopais region of Boeotia, Greece.

In antiquity, Orchomenos served as the capital of the legendary Minyans which formed a district of Boeotia. The Greek gods Zeus and Dionysos were widely worshipped there, with the former regarded as the city's protector. Its most famous sanctuary, however, was to a group of deities known as the Charites.[1]

During the Peloponnesian War the city was visited by the Spartan misthios Kassandra.[1]

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