Odysseus

"Hero. Has a ranged attack that is good against myth units."
In-game description

Odysseus is the Heroic Age hero for Zeus, and is also a recurring character in the Fall of the Trident Campaign. This section is for the regular Odysseus, not for the campaign version. He is based on the famous character of the same name from the Greek literary epics the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Special Abilities

	Name	Description
	Sacred Hands	Can pick up Relics and drop them off at a Temple.
	Solar Flare	Requires Sun Ray, Projectiles reveal the area around where they land.

Technologies

General Technologies

Offense

	Name	Description
	Copper Weapons	+10% damage
	Bronze Weapons	+10% damage
	Iron Weapons	+10% damage
	Ballistics	Fires more accurately at moving targets.

Defense

	Name	Description
	Copper Armor	-15% Hack Vulnerability
	Bronze Armor	-15% Hack Vulnerability
	Iron Armor	-15% Hack Vulnerability
	Copper Shields	-15% Pierce Vulnerability
	Bronze Shields	-15% Pierce Vulnerability
	Iron Shields	-15% Pierce Vulnerability

Myth Technologies

Name	God	Description
Olympian Parentage	Zeus	+25% hit points, -50% training time
Oracle	Apollo	+4 Line of Sight
Sun Ray	Apollo	+10% anti-flying damage, projectiles reveal the surrounding area
Dionysia	Dionysus	+5% hit points

Bonuses

Age Bonuses

	Name	Description
	Mythic Age	+20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units.

Relic Bonuses

Image	Name	Description
	Arrows of Heracles	+5% attack
	Hermes' Winged Sandals	+10% movement speed
	The Khopesh of Horus	+1.0 attack bonus multiplier vs. myth units
	Pelt of Argus	+6 Line of Sight
	Thundercloud Shawl	-5% pierce vulnerability
	Tyrfing, Angantyr's Sword	Regenerate +10% of damage dealt

Gameplay

Like all Greek heroes, Heracles is superb against myth units and fair against other unit types.

Mythology

"◆ Age -- 44
◆ Homeland -- Ithaca
◆ Occupation -- King and general
The ruler of the island of Ithaca, Odysseus was one of the most prominent Greek champions in the Trojan War. The stratagem of the Trojan Horse was his idea. Following the victory at Troy, he set out on his ten year journey home, chronicled for all time by Homer in the epic poem, Odyssey. Along the way, Odysseus and his crew experienced many adventures and misfortunes, some of their own making and some thanks to the intervention of the gods. Blinding the Cyclops Polyphemus incurred the wrath of Poseidon, who troubled them for years. Thanks to help from Zeus, Athena, and other gods, Odysseus arrived home alone to find his wife Penelope beset by suitors. Disguised as a beggar, he first determined that Penelope had been faithful, and then slew the men pursuing her and cleansed his palace. This triggered a final battle against the families of the men killed, but Athena restored the peace."
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