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[[File: | [[File:ACOD_Thera.jpg|thumb|250px|Thera during the [[Peloponnesian War]]]] | ||
'''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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*Historically, people did live on Thera during the [[Peloponnesian War]]. | *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."''<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> | *[[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."''<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> | ||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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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]
Gallery
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Concept art
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