Mandrake
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Mandrake is a plant used in Greece during the 5th century BCE.
Description[edit | edit source]
A commonly known poisonous plant with gray-green leaves, the mandrake made a powerful medicine when properly processed. In right amounts, the medicine was said to help with conception, reduce pain, and provoke pleasant visions. Too much, however, would kill.[1]
Traditions[edit | edit source]
The traditional way to pick a mandrake plant was to circle it thrice and face west, while a dancer sung erotic songs.[1] This practice occasionally caused problems between people.[2]
History[edit | edit source]
During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra was asked by the healer Lykaon to gather some mandrake for him, and then deliver it to his patients.[1] Lykaon also intended to use the plant to poison and kill his own grandmother, Praxithea, due to the false prophecies she had uttered during her tenure as the Pythia.[3]
Kassandra was also asked by a farmer to help deal with a witch who was known to gather the plant in the farmer's fields.[2]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Valley of Memory (mentioned only)