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[[File:ACOD Athens Plague.png|thumb|250px|Athens during the plague]] | [[File:ACOD Athens Plague.png|thumb|250px|Athens during the plague]] | ||
The '''Plague of Athens''' was an epidemic which devastated the ''[[polis]]'' of [[Athens]] during the [[Peloponnesian War]], starting in 430 BCE and lasting until 426 BCE. | The '''Plague of Athens''' was an epidemic which devastated the ''[[polis]]'' of [[Athens]] during the [[Peloponnesian War]], starting in 430 BCE and lasting until 426 BCE. | ||
[[Perikles]], an Athenian statesman and general, leader of Athens, contracted the plague and was forced to remain in his residence for much of his time.<ref name="Abandoned by the Gods>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Abandoned By the Gods]]</ref> Meanwhile, [[Hippokrates]] deduced that the plague was being spread via the feces of the infected and sought to combat the plague by burning the bodies of those infected who had passed.<ref name="A Growing Sickness">'' | [[Perikles]], an Athenian statesman and general, leader of Athens, contracted the plague and was forced to remain in his residence for much of his time.<ref name="Abandoned by the Gods>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Abandoned By the Gods]]</ref> Meanwhile, [[Hippokrates]] deduced that the plague was being spread via the feces of the infected and sought to combat the plague by burning the bodies of those infected who had passed.<ref name="A Growing Sickness">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Growing Sickness]]</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | |||
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ACOd-Hippokrates-plague.jpg|Bodies being burned during the plague | |||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
Revision as of 04:40, 13 August 2019
The Plague of Athens was an epidemic which devastated the polis of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, starting in 430 BCE and lasting until 426 BCE.
Perikles, an Athenian statesman and general, leader of Athens, contracted the plague and was forced to remain in his residence for much of his time.[1] Meanwhile, Hippokrates deduced that the plague was being spread via the feces of the infected and sought to combat the plague by burning the bodies of those infected who had passed.[2]
Gallery
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Bodies being burned during the plague
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (first appearance)
- The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades (simulation only)
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Abandoned By the Gods
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Growing Sickness