Hippokrates

Hippokrates (c. 460 BCE – c. 370 BCE), alternatively Hippocrates, was a Greek physician who is widely credited as the "Father of Medicine" for his enduring contributions to the field. He revolutionized medicine by subjecting it to systematic study rather than depending on religious guidance, a methodology that clashed with the orthodox views in Greece during his time.
Religiously devout citizens deemed his secular approach to curing disease impious, as though to attempt to defy what the gods had already willed. Despite this controversy, his efficacy attracted those in need of proper medical treatment who met him in secret for his services if their local area was especially conservative. This also drew several apprentices to him, one of which was Sostratos. Hippokrates was targeted by the Cult of Kosmos, but he was also aided by the Spartan misthios Kassandra, who came to question him about her long-lost mother Myrrine.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Hippokrates was born c. 460 BCE in Astypalia City on the island of Kos, raised as an , a member of a group people believed to be the descendants of the healing god Asklepios himself.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Historical Locations – Kos: Hippokratic School of MedicineAssassin's Creed: Odyssey – Historical Locations – Kos: Astypalaia CityAssassin's Creed: Rebellion – Database: Hippokrates
In his youth while serving as a healer assistant, Hippokrates met a Spartan woman named Myrrine, who was the daughter of King Leonidas I. Myrrine, who was carrying a heavily wounded Alexios, sought him out for medical aid. Hippokrates however was forced to turn Myrrine down due to his inexperience, and sent her to the Sanctuary of Asklepios for help instead. That encounter left an impression on Hippokrates, such that he swore to never turn away another patient who sought his aid.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Doctor Will See You Now By the time of the Peloponnesian War, Hippokrates had became an experienced physician and was widely recognized for his contributions to the medicine. He would later establish a school on his home island as well as a clinic in Argos.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Hippokrates later fathered two sons, and .Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – Southern Sporades: Hippokrates
===Encounter with Kassandra===
While Hippokrates was well renowed amongst the Greek world for his skill, his philosophy and theory that diseases were caused naturally was not well-received amongst the Priests of Asklepios, including the priestess Chrysis, who confided in the "traditional" way of healing, which was praying to the gods. After Hippokrates departed the clinic to treat the sick near the Cave of Pan, his student Sostratos, who was left behind at the clinic, was berrated by the elderly priestess, who demanded to know Hippokrates' whereabouts.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – First Do No Harm
Hippokrates' whereabouts was later given by Sostratos to the misthios Kassandra, the daughter of Myrrine who sought out her mother's whereabouts. While Hippokrates was treating a patient in need of aid, he was greeted by Kassandra who immediately requested his knowledge of her mother. In exchange for telling Kassandra what he knew, Hippokrates requested her to recover his notes that had been stolen and taken to Fort Tiryns.
However, Hippokrates' notes had been burned by the fort's guards and as such, Kassandra returned with another physician named Dymas, who managed to memories the notes before they were burned. After tasking Dymas to recreate the notes, Hippokrates spoke to Kassandra, revealing his encounter with Myrrine years ago. He then suggested that Kassandra speak to the elder priest at the sanctuary of Asklepios, believing she may find more information there.
===Plague of Athens===
When the plague reached Athens around 429 BCE, Hippokrates came to the city in order to help. He realized the disease was spread via the feces of the infected, and that the best method of dealing with the dead was to burn their corpses. However, he was harassed by the Followers of Ares who disagreed with his practice, and when he met Kassandra in the city, he asked for her help in dealing with them.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Growing Sickness
Sometime after the plague, Hippokrates departed Athens to Thebes in Boeotia, setting up another temporary clinic there. Like in Argolis, people lined up to see him. One of his patients told him that they had heard screams in the wilderness beyond the city's walls, and they suspected that a hunting party had met their match during their hunt. To help any possible survivors, Hippokrates asked for Kassandra's help. She agreed and following his directions, found a couple of bears were advancing on a man south of the Snake Head Rock. Kassandra saved the man and took him back to Hippokrates.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Hunting Party Hippokrates recognized the man as the slaver Galeos and was loathe to help him. He agreed to do so, however, if Kassandra agreed to save Galeos' victims. The misthios did as asked, freeing the slaves at Galeos' camp.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Let My Patients Go
===Later life===
Following Perikles' death during the Plague at the hands of Deimos,Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Athens's Last Hope Kleon, an Athenian statesman and a Sage of the Cult of Kosmos, took the opportunity to gain power and influence. By 425 BCE, Hippokrates joined Perikles' associates to oppose Kleon's rule.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Resistance
Following Kleon's defeat in 422 BCE,Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – We Will Rise Hippokrates joined the resistance members in Perikles' residence to celebrate their victory and mourn the associates they had lost.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – We Remember Later in his travels, Hippokrates travelled to in Thrace to cure the philosopher Demokritos of madness. He also travelled to the Achaemenid Empire. There, he was consulted by King Artaxerxes II of Persia to cure a plague decimating the Persian army. However, Hippokrates refused to help an enemy of Greece.
Hippokrates eventually died in Thessaly between 375 and 370 BCE.
==Behind the scenes==
As Hippokrates is regarded as the 'Father of Medicine', the derives its name from his. The oath compels a physician to follow specific ethical standards, one of the key principles of which is to "do no harm".
==Gallery==
ACOD Hippokrates Concept Art.png|Concept Art
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ACOd-HippokGaleos.jpg|Hippokrates treating Galeos in Thebes
ACOD Hippokrates.jpg|Hippokrates close up
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey 
*Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece
*Assassin's Creed: Rebellion
*Assassin's Creed: Mirage 
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