The Aegean Sea is a large sea on the eastern side of Greece, where a monster known as the Hydra would terrorize any ships it could find until it was slain by Kratos.
History and Greek Mythology[]
According to the tale of King Minos and the Minotaur, the Aegean sea was named after the Mycenaean King Aegeas. Before his son, Theseus, would embark on his journey to Knossos to slay the Minotaur, he gave him a white sail for the ship he would use to travel from Athens to Crete and back. If Theseus was successful in killing the Minotaur, he would raise the white sail as opposed to the black sail to let his father know of his fate long before he reached the port of Athens on the return journey. Theseus was successful, but forgot to raise the white sail. Aegeus, thinking his son had died, threw himself off a cliff and into the ocean. When Theseus reached Athens he declared that the body of water surrounding Greece would be named after his father.
In God of War[]
The Statue of Athena in the Aegean Sea.
God of War (2005)[]
In God of War, Athens and the entry to Mount Olympus are on the far coast of the Aegean Sea. This is also the place where Kratos carries out one of his quests in service to the gods. He fights the deadly Hydra in the deadly Grave of Ships and gains the power of Poseidon's Rage. The fleet of ships sailing to the city are utterly decimated and destroyed by the might of the Hydra, who also kills and eats the shipmates and captain.
Days later, Kratos returns to the area of the sea close to Athens to kill Ares with the power of Pandora's Box. The two giants engage in a deadly fight across the sea, but eventually the Spartan is overpowered and disarmed by the God of War. However, Kratos uses the Blade of the Gods (that served as a bridge to Athena's statue in the sea) to jump back into battle, and finally kills Ares. After Athena refused to take the nightmares away from Kratos' mind, the Ghost of Sparta tries to committ suicide by throwing himself to the Aegean from the Suicide Bluffs, but the Gods do not permit it.
God of War: Ghost of Sparta[]
In God of War: Ghost of Sparta, When Kratos and Deimos fight Thanatos in Suicide Bluffs, the Aegean Sea can be seen in the background. After Deimos death and placing in his grave, Kratos wants to make a second suicide attempt at the edge of the rocks, but gives up at the last moment. Then he said, "For God's sake, what have I become?" After asking himself, the Grave Digger, who throws soil into Deimos' grave, answers: "Death, the destroyer of worlds." When Kratos turns his back, the Grave Digger mysteriously disappears, while Athena comes from the portal and says, "It is done. You have let go of that which made you mortal. Your ties to this world are sewered. You are ready.. to be a God." and holds Kratos' head with his hands, preparing to make him a god. But the Spartan suddenly interrupted Athena and said, "Is this all a game to you Athena?" and heads towards the portal. Before passing through the portal, he says to Athena, "This is not over, Athena, the Gods will pay for this." Athena says to Kratos after he passes through the portal: "Forgive me, brother.".
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