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{{Quote|Sailing from the southeast, the pirate ship Palaityros constantly harasses merchant boats and disrupts trade around the world. Put an end to its mischief.|Description of the ship on the message board|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey}} | {{Quote|Sailing from the southeast, the pirate ship Palaityros constantly harasses merchant boats and disrupts trade around the world. Put an end to its mischief.|Description of the ship on the message board|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey}} | ||
[[File:ACOd-Palaityros.jpg|thumb|250px|The ''Palaityros'']] | [[File:ACOd-Palaityros.jpg|thumb|250px|The ''Palaityros'']] | ||
The '''''Palaityros''''' was a great [[Piracy|pirate]] [[trireme]] sailing the [[Aegean Sea]] south of [[Messenia]] with lesser pirate vessels | The '''''Palaityros''''' was a great [[Piracy|pirate]] [[trireme]] sailing the [[Aegean Sea]] south of [[Messenia]] with lesser pirate vessels in the 5th century BCE. | ||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the ''[[Adrestia]]'', commanded by the [[Sparta]]n [[Mercenary| | During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the ''[[Adrestia]]'', commanded by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]], engaged the ''Palaityros'' and its companions in battle and sank it. Kassandra claimed the sail and finery of ''Palaityros'' for her own.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | ||
== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
''Palaityros'', [[Greece|Greek]] for "Old Tyre", is a former name for [[Tyre]] in what is now [[Lebanon]], fitting the ship's description as being "from the southeast". | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 10:42, 25 March 2020
- "Sailing from the southeast, the pirate ship Palaityros constantly harasses merchant boats and disrupts trade around the world. Put an end to its mischief."
- ―Description of the ship on the message board[src]

The Palaityros was a great pirate trireme sailing the Aegean Sea south of Messenia with lesser pirate vessels in the 5th century BCE.
During the Peloponnesian War, the Adrestia, commanded by the Spartan misthios Kassandra, engaged the Palaityros and its companions in battle and sank it. Kassandra claimed the sail and finery of Palaityros for her own.[1]
Behind the scenes
Palaityros, Greek for "Old Tyre", is a former name for Tyre in what is now Lebanon, fitting the ship's description as being "from the southeast".
Gallery
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The design of the Palaityros
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The Adrestia in the style of the Palaityros
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