Ketos

This article is a stub. You can help Assassin's Creed Wiki by expanding it.

Perseus holding the Sword of Eden while rescuing Andromeda from Ketos

Ketos (Ancient Greek: Κῆτος) was a baleful sea monster in Greek mythology.

History

When the legendary hero Perseus was returning from his successful quest of slaying the gorgon Medusa, he noticed the maiden Andromeda chained to the Aithiopian cliffs as a sacrifice for Ketos. Perseus fought the monster, and bested it, saving Andromeda, whom he married.

Influence

During the Peloponnesian War, the Shark's Tooth, a ship captained by Gelon, was sunk off the coast at the Hill of the Sacred War in Phokis. The shipwreck was called Ketos Shipwreck.

Around the same time the misthios Kassandra was asked by the Spartan noblewoman Damia to tell the story of Perseus to her children Danae and Kristos and their friends. Kassandra did as asked and mentioned Perseus' encounter with Ketos as well.

In 2012, Clay Kaczmarek included Edward Burne-Jones' painting "The Doom Fulfilled" in a set of puzzles he'd hidden within the Animus for his follower to find. In Clay's puzzle, it was suggested that the sword wielded by Perseus to slay Ketos was in fact one of the Swords of Eden.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed II (Glyphs only)
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (mentioned only)