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'''Aktis''' (died 431 BCE) was a fisherman living in the [[Fishing District]] of [[Athens]], [[Greece]].
'''Aktis''' (died 431 BCE) was a fisherman who lived in the [[Fishing District]] of [[Athens]], [[Greece]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
A poor man, Aktis attended [[Kleon]]'s talk of restoring Athens' glory. Because of this, he and his friends, among them [[Pratinos]], were drawn into a plot to murder a statesman and a friend of [[Perikles]], [[Metiochos]].<ref name="A Venomous Encounter">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[A Venomous Encounter]]</ref>
A poor man, Aktis attended [[Kleon]]'s talk of restoring Athens' glory. Because of this, he and his friends, among them [[Pratinos]], were drawn into a plot to murder a statesman and a friend of [[Perikles]], [[Metiochos]].<ref name="A Venomous Encounter">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[A Venomous Encounter]]</ref>


Together with the others, Aktis procured [[poison|venomous]] [[snake]]s from a [[The Poisoner|man]] living outside the city walls. Aktis was bitten by accident, and died from the snake's poison. The others left his body behind the house where they kept the snakes, until they assaulted Metiochos at his home, tied him up, and left him in the middle of the snakes.
Together with the others, Aktis procured [[poison|venomous]] [[snake]]s from a [[The Poisoner|man]] living outside the city walls. Aktis was bitten by accident, and died from the snake's poison. The others left his body behind the house where they kept the snakes, until they assaulted Metiochos at his home, tied him up, and left him in the middle of the snakes. After the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] saved Metiochos, she followed the clues he could give her, and found Aktis' corpse.<ref name="A Venomous Encounter" />
 
After the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] saved Metiochos, she followed the clues he could give her, and found Aktis' corpse.<ref name="A Venomous Encounter" />


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
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Revision as of 02:35, 25 November 2023

Aktis (died 431 BCE) was a fisherman who lived in the Fishing District of Athens, Greece.

Biography

A poor man, Aktis attended Kleon's talk of restoring Athens' glory. Because of this, he and his friends, among them Pratinos, were drawn into a plot to murder a statesman and a friend of Perikles, Metiochos.[1]

Together with the others, Aktis procured venomous snakes from a man living outside the city walls. Aktis was bitten by accident, and died from the snake's poison. The others left his body behind the house where they kept the snakes, until they assaulted Metiochos at his home, tied him up, and left him in the middle of the snakes. After the Spartan misthios Kassandra saved Metiochos, she followed the clues he could give her, and found Aktis' corpse.[1]

Behind the scenes

Aktis, a character in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, shares his name with one of the Heliadae in Greek mythology.

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