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"It's Krete, a land of mysteries and heroes. Theseus and the Minotaur!"
Barnabas to Kassandra[src]

Crete, alternatively Krete, is the largest island of Greece and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

History

Myths

Home to the king Minos and the princesses Ariadne and Phaidra, the legend of the hero Theseus facing the Minotaur, Crete featured in Greek mythology.[1]

5th century BCE

During the Peloponnesian War Crete was split up into Messara and Pephka.[1]

1st century BCE

In 44 BCE, sometime after the assassination of Julius Caesar, the Hidden One, Marcus Junius Brutus, departed for Crete from Rome. There, he established a branch of the Hidden Ones and worked to eliminate tyrants on the island.[2]

16th century

In 1510, the Assassin, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, stopped off at Crete during his voyage to Masyaf.[3]

18th century

The island was used by the Templar Order as a headquarters many times across the centuries. During the Seven Years' War, Shay Cormac sent some agents of his fleet to the island to depart for nearby kingdoms. They recovered the Minoan Bull-Leaping Fresco.[4]

Appearances

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  2. Assassin's Creed: Origins comic
  3. [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|Assassin's Creed: Revelations novel]
  4. Assassin's Creed: Rogue