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{{Quote|I'm not interested in drachmae. The only currency I accept is orichalcum.|Sargon|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey}} | {{Quote|I'm not interested in drachmae. The only currency I accept is orichalcum.|Sargon|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey|Floating conversations}} | ||
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|active = 431 – 422 BCE<br />[[Kirrha]], [[Phokis]], [[Greece]] | |active = 431 – 422 BCE<br />[[Kirrha]], [[Phokis]], [[Greece]] | ||
|species = [[Human]] | |species = [[Human]] | ||
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'''Sargon''' was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[merchant]] who ran the [[Oikos of the Olympians]] within [[Kirrha]], [[Phokis]] during the [[Peloponnesian War]]. | '''Sargon''' was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[merchant]] who ran the [[Oikos of the Olympians]] within [[Kirrha]], [[Phokis]] during the [[Peloponnesian War]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
In 431 BCE, Sargon made the acquaintance of the [[Sparta]]n [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]] and explained her how he did business. Kassandra returned later on to do business with Sargon, exchanging [[orichalcum]] for his rare merchandise.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | In 431 BCE, Sargon made the acquaintance of the [[Sparta]]n [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]] and explained her how he did business. Kassandra returned later on to do business with Sargon, exchanging [[orichalcum]] for his rare merchandise.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Floating conversations]]: Encounters across Greece</ref> | ||
At some point in the 420s BCE, Sargon tasked [[Iola]] and her band of smugglers with smuggling a [[bear]] from [[Arkadia]] to [[Kos]] on his behalf. Unfortunately, Iola's [[ship]] was wrecked on the island of [[Delos]], and the bear escaped onto the island's northern [[Lost Bear Den|shore]], mauling the crew to death and leaving Iola as the sole survivor.<ref name="Grin and Bear It">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Grin and Bear It]]</ref> | At some point in the 420s BCE, Sargon tasked [[Iola]] and her band of smugglers with smuggling a [[bear]] from [[Arkadia]] to [[Kos]] on his behalf. Unfortunately, Iola's [[ship]] was wrecked on the island of [[Delos]], and the bear escaped onto the island's northern [[Lost Bear Den|shore]], mauling the crew to death and leaving Iola as the sole survivor.<ref name="Grin and Bear It">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Grin and Bear It]]</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The name | |||
*The name "Sargon" is the Hebrew version of the Akkadian name "''Sharru-ukin''",<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/sargon |title= Meaning, origin and history of the name Sargon | author= Campbell, Mike| date=12 February 2007| publisher=''Behind the Name''| accessdate= 12 December 2018}}</ref> which derives from the words "''Šarru''", meaning 'king',<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.behindthename.com/elements/s18arru |title= Meaning, origin and history of the name Šarru | author= Campbell, Mike| date=11 July 2018| publisher=''Behind the Name''| accessdate= 12 December 2018}}</ref> and "''kīnu''", meaning 'true, legitimate'.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.behindthename.com/element/ki23nu |title= Meaning, origin and history of the name Kinu | author= Campbell, Mike| date=11 July 2018| publisher=''Behind the Name''| accessdate= 12 December 2018}}</ref> Based on this, it is possible that Sargon is a Hellenized Assyrian, as he shares the name with several Assyrian kings including {{Wiki|Sargon of Akkad}}, the founder of the {{Wiki|Akkadian Empire}}. | |||
==Behind the scenes== | |||
Sargon is a character that appears in . He is voiced by actor . | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center"> | <gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center"> | ||
ACOd-SargonShop.jpg|Sargon in his shop | ACOd-SargonShop.jpg|Sargon in his shop | ||
ACOd-SargonCU.jpg | ACOd-SargonCU.jpg|Close-up of Sargon | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' | ||
Revision as of 00:50, 12 February 2021
Sargon was a Greek merchant who ran the Oikos of the Olympians within Kirrha, Phokis during the Peloponnesian War.
Biography
In 431 BCE, Sargon made the acquaintance of the Spartan misthios Kassandra and explained her how he did business. Kassandra returned later on to do business with Sargon, exchanging orichalcum for his rare merchandise.[1]
At some point in the 420s BCE, Sargon tasked Iola and her band of smugglers with smuggling a bear from Arkadia to Kos on his behalf. Unfortunately, Iola's ship was wrecked on the island of Delos, and the bear escaped onto the island's northern shore, mauling the crew to death and leaving Iola as the sole survivor.[2]
Trivia
- The name "Sargon" is the Hebrew version of the Akkadian name "Sharru-ukin",[3] which derives from the words "Šarru", meaning 'king',[4] and "kīnu", meaning 'true, legitimate'.[5] Based on this, it is possible that Sargon is a Hellenized Assyrian, as he shares the name with several Assyrian kings including Sargon of Akkad, the founder of the Akkadian Empire.
Behind the scenes
Sargon is a character that appears in . He is voiced by actor .
Gallery
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Sargon in his shop -
Close-up of Sargon
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Floating conversations: Encounters across Greece
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Grin and Bear It
- ↑ Campbell, Mike (12 February 2007). Meaning, origin and history of the name Sargon. Behind the Name. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.
- ↑ Campbell, Mike (11 July 2018). Meaning, origin and history of the name Šarru. Behind the Name. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.
- ↑ Campbell, Mike (11 July 2018). Meaning, origin and history of the name Kinu. Behind the Name. Retrieved on 12 December 2018.