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'''Mandrake''' is a plant used in [[Greece]] during the 5th century BCE. | '''Mandrake''' is a plant used in [[Greece]] during the 5th century BCE. | ||
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A commonly known poisonous plant with gray-green leaves, the mandrake made a powerful [[medicine]] when properly processed. In right amounts, the medicine was said to help with conception, reduce pain, and provoke pleasant visions. Too much, however, would kill.<ref name="Helping a Healer">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Helping a Healer]]</ref> | |||
The traditional way to pick a mandrake plant was to circle it thrice and face west, while | ==Traditions== | ||
The traditional way to pick a mandrake plant was to circle it thrice and face west, while a dancer sung erotic songs.<ref name="Helping a Healer" /> This practice occasionally caused problems between people.<ref name="Dances with Witches">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Dances with Witches]]</ref> | |||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] was asked by the [[Doctor|healer]] [[Lykaon]] to gather some mandrake for him, and then deliver it to his patients.<ref name=" | ==History== | ||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] was asked by the [[Doctor|healer]] [[Lykaon]] to gather some mandrake for him, and then deliver it to his patients.<ref name="Helping a Healer" /> Lykaon also intended to use the plant to poison and kill his own grandmother, [[Praxithea]], due to the false prophecies she had uttered during her tenure as the [[Pythia]].<ref name="Sins of the Past">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Sins of the Past]]</ref> | |||
Kassandra was also asked by a farmer to help deal with a witch who was known to gather the plant in the farmer's fields.<ref name="Dances with Witches" /> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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Mandrake is a plant used in Greece during the 5th century BCE.
Description
A commonly known poisonous plant with gray-green leaves, the mandrake made a powerful medicine when properly processed. In right amounts, the medicine was said to help with conception, reduce pain, and provoke pleasant visions. Too much, however, would kill.[1]
Traditions
The traditional way to pick a mandrake plant was to circle it thrice and face west, while a dancer sung erotic songs.[1] This practice occasionally caused problems between people.[2]
History
During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra was asked by the healer Lykaon to gather some mandrake for him, and then deliver it to his patients.[1] Lykaon also intended to use the plant to poison and kill his own grandmother, Praxithea, due to the false prophecies she had uttered during her tenure as the Pythia.[3]
Kassandra was also asked by a farmer to help deal with a witch who was known to gather the plant in the farmer's fields.[2]
Appearances
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Helping a Healer
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Dances with Witches
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Sins of the Past