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'''Thera''', or contemporarily '''Santorini''', is a [[Greece|Greek]] volcanic island in the southern [[Aegean Sea]]. | '''Thera''', or contemporarily '''Santorini''', is a [[Greece|Greek]] volcanic island in the southern [[Aegean Sea]]. | ||
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The southernmost of the [[Cyclades]], Thera was the site of a gargantuan {{wiki|Minoan eruption|volcanic eruption}}—one of the largest in history—which virtually obliterated the [[Minoan civilization]] in c. 1600 BCE.<ref name="ACOD site">[https://assassinscreed.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/odyssey/map/arid-islands ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – Worlds: Arid Islands]. Ubisoft. Accessed 1 July 2018.</ref><ref>Friedrich, Walter L; Kromer, Brend; et al. "[http://science.sciencemag.org/content/312/5773/548 Santorini Eruption Radiocarbon Dated to 1627–1600 B.C.]" ''Science''. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 28 April 2006. Accessed 1 July 2018</ref><ref>Höflmayer, Felix. "[https://www.academia.edu/2041580/H%C3%B6flmayer_F._2012._The_Date_of_the_Minoan_Santorini_Eruption_Quantifying_the_Offset_._Radiocarbon_54_3-4_ The Date of the Minoan Santorini Eruption: Quantifying the 'Offset']". ''Radiocarbon'', 2012.</ref> Such was the scope of this cataclysm that by 431 BCE, more than a thousand years later, the island was still devoid of [[humans|human]] life, and sulfur lakes dotted its landscape.<ref name="ACOD site" /> | The southernmost of the [[Cyclades]], Thera was the site of a gargantuan {{wiki|Minoan eruption|volcanic eruption}}—one of the largest in history—which virtually obliterated the [[Minoan civilization]] in c. 1600 BCE.<ref name="ACOD site">[https://assassinscreed.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/odyssey/map/arid-islands ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – Worlds: Arid Islands]. Ubisoft. Accessed 1 July 2018.</ref><ref>Friedrich, Walter L; Kromer, Brend; et al. "[http://science.sciencemag.org/content/312/5773/548 Santorini Eruption Radiocarbon Dated to 1627–1600 B.C.]" ''Science''. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 28 April 2006. Accessed 1 July 2018</ref><ref>Höflmayer, Felix. "[https://www.academia.edu/2041580/H%C3%B6flmayer_F._2012._The_Date_of_the_Minoan_Santorini_Eruption_Quantifying_the_Offset_._Radiocarbon_54_3-4_ The Date of the Minoan Santorini Eruption: Quantifying the 'Offset']". ''Radiocarbon'', 2012.</ref> Such was the scope of this cataclysm that by 431 BCE, more than a thousand years later, the island was still devoid of [[humans|human]] life, and sulfur lakes dotted its landscape.<ref name="ACOD site" /> | ||
The island also sits on top of a [[Gateway to the Lost City|vault]] which served as a gateway to [[Atlantis]], an [[Isu]] city.<ref name"ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | |||
==History== | |||
In 48 BCE, [[Amunet|Aya]] and [[Phoxidas]], working for the pharaoh [[Cleopatra]], were supposed to meet the general [[Pompey]] "off Thera's coast."<ref name="Pompeius Magnus">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' - [[Pompeius Magnus]]</ref> | In 48 BCE, [[Amunet|Aya]] and [[Phoxidas]], working for the pharaoh [[Cleopatra]], were supposed to meet the general [[Pompey]] "off Thera's coast."<ref name="Pompeius Magnus">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' - [[Pompeius Magnus]]</ref> | ||
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Thera, or contemporarily Santorini, is a Greek volcanic island in the southern Aegean Sea.
The southernmost of the Cyclades, Thera was the site of a gargantuan volcanic eruption—one of the largest in history—which virtually obliterated the Minoan civilization in c. 1600 BCE.[1][2][3] Such was the scope of this cataclysm that by 431 BCE, more than a thousand years later, the island was still devoid of human life, and sulfur lakes dotted its landscape.[1]
The island also sits on top of a vault which served as a gateway to Atlantis, an Isu city.[4]
History
In 48 BCE, Aya and Phoxidas, working for the pharaoh Cleopatra, were supposed to meet the general Pompey "off Thera's coast."[5]
Trivia
- Historically, people did live on Thera during the Peloponnesian War.
- Phoebe, the Oracle of Apollo in the Green Mountains during the 1st century BCE, said of Flavius Metellus that "He walks in splendor in the footsteps of the Therans. A god made flesh."[6]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (first appearance)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Worlds: Arid Islands. Ubisoft. Accessed 1 July 2018.
- ↑ Friedrich, Walter L; Kromer, Brend; et al. "Santorini Eruption Radiocarbon Dated to 1627–1600 B.C." Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 28 April 2006. Accessed 1 July 2018
- ↑ Höflmayer, Felix. "The Date of the Minoan Santorini Eruption: Quantifying the 'Offset'". Radiocarbon, 2012.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins - Pompeius Magnus
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins