Greeks

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Greeks

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Greeks

Civilization Information

Continent

Europe

Major Gods

 

Zeus

 

Hades

 

Poseidon

Minor Gods

 

Aphrodite

 

Apollo

 

Ares

 

Artemis

 

Athena

 

Dionysus

 

Hephaestus

 

Hera

 

Hermes

"Greeks are good at scouting, as they start with a Kataskopos on land and can train flying Pegasi at the Temple. Worshipers of Poseidon are also granted a Hippocampus once they construct a Dock. Greek soldiers tend to be stronger and more expensive than those of other civilizations. Greeks can only train a handful of Heroes at a time, but they are all exceptionally strong. They gain Favor by praying at Temples."
In-game description

The Greeks are a civilization in Age of Mythology: Retold, based on the ancient Greek city-states and the Hellenic religion and mythology. It is the first civilization the players controls and encounters in the game's campaign.

Overview

• Civilian unit: Villager
• Resource drop-off sites: Granary - food, Storehouse - wood and gold
• Villagers can pray at a Temple to generate favor.
• Heroes are limited to one per Age and vary with the choice of the major god.
• The choice of major god also determines the unique unit at the Fortress in the Mythic Age.
• Docks cost -20%.
• Warships have +10% hit points.
• Start with four Villagers and a Kataskopos.
• Starting resources: 200 food, 250 wood, 50 gold

Major Gods

  Zeus

• Starts with 10 favor
• Gains favor 20% faster.
• Myth Units cost 1 less population.
• Infantry do +50% damage to buildings.
• Hoplites move 15% faster.

Unique Units

Name	Description
Jason	Archaic Age hero
Heracles	Classical Age hero
Odysseus	Heroic Age hero
Bellerophon	Mythic Age hero
Myrmidon	Mythic Age infantry

  Poseidon

• Militia spawn from razed buildings.
• Cavalry, Caravans, and myth units +0.4 speed.
• Stables and Markets are 30% cheaper.
• Market exchange rates improved by 15%.
• A free Hippocampus respawns at the first Dock.

Unique Units

Name	Description
Theseus	Archaic Age hero
Atalanta	Classical Age hero
Hippolyta	Heroic Age hero
Polyphemus	Mythic Age hero
Hetairos	Mythic Age cavalry

  Hades

• 20% chance for fallen humans to return as Shades.
• Myth Units +15% hit points.
• Ranged soldiers and heroes +1 Line of Sight and range.
• Ranged fortifications +2 range.
• Ballistics and Burning Pitch are researched instantly for free in their respective ages.

Unique Units

Name	Description
Ajax	Archaic Age hero
Achilles	Classical Age hero
Chiron	Heroic Age hero
Perseus	Mythic Age hero
Gastraphetoros	Mythic Age archer

Minor Gods

  Classical Age

Name	Major Gods	Focus
Athena	Zeus and Hades	Infantry, Defense
Hermes	Zeus and Poseidon	Cavalry
Ares	Hades and [[Poseidon	Attack of human soldiers

  Heroic Age

Name	Major Gods	Focus
Apollo	Hades and Zeus	Archers
Dionysus	Zeus and Poseidon	Cavalry
Aphrodite	Hades and Poseidon	Villagers

  Mythic Age

Name	Major Gods	Focus
Hera	Zeus	Buildings and myth units
Dionysus	All	Human soldier armor and weapons
Artemis	Hades and Poseidon	Archers

Units

Civilians

Name	Description
Villager	Gathers all resources and constructs buildings

Human Soldiers

Military Academy

Name	Description
Hoplite	Classical Age infantry, good against cavalry units
Hypaspist	Heroic Age infantry, good only against other infantry

Archery Range

Name	Description
Toxotes	Classical Age archers, good against infantry units
Peltast	Heroic Age archers, good only against other archers

Stable

Name	Description
Hippeus	Classical Age cavalry, good against archer units
Prodromos	Heroic Age cavalry, good only against other cavalry

Other

Name	Description
Kataskopos	Starting scout unit which is weak in combat, more cannot be trained

Siege Weapons

Fortress

Name	Description
Petrobolos	Long-ranged Heroic Age siege weapon good against buildings
Helepolis	Mythic Age siege weapon which can transport foot units and fires bolts at close range

Heroes

The Greeks have a different Hero for each major god and each Age. Unlike heroes of other civilizations, they are strong against small numbers of human soldiers in addition to myth units, but they cannot be mass-produced. The Argo is the only naval Hero and the only one trainable at the Dock, available to worshippers of Aphrodite from the Heroic Age onwards.

Ships

Name	Description
Trireme	Longer range than other archer ships
Pentekonter	Same as Egyptian and Norse close-combat ships
Juggernaut	Same as Norse siege ships

Myth Units

Temple

Name	Description
Pegasus	Flying myth unit with no attack, used for scouting

Dock

Name	Description
Scylla	Strong melee unit which grows more heads as it deals damage
Carcinos	Strong melee unit which explodes on death dealing large area damage

Name	Description
Titan	The Greek Titan is the three-headed dog Cerberus

Favor

Greeks earn favor by praying to their gods. They do this simply by sending their Villagers to a Temple. The first Villager praying generates 6.0 favor per minute. The more Villagers pray, the more favor is earned, though this is on a scale of diminishing returns. Most of the time, having more than 8 Villagers praying is excessive.

The Greeks therefore gather favor like they do other resources. This method is far more flexible than the other civilizations' methods, is safe, consumes no resources, and can be used to get the fastest favor generation rates – if the player is willing to commit that many Villagers. On the other hand, praying ties up Villagers that could be used on other tasks.

Starting Conditions

Each civilization has different starting conditions in a normal game. The Greeks start out with a Town Center, three Villagers and a Kataskopos. The Kataskopos is a scout unit and is useful early on, though they can be replaced by Pegasi fairly quickly. Further Kastaskopi cannot be trained.

Other Attributes

The Greeks are very versatile and play similarly to civilizations from Age of Empires II, so they are the easiest to start out with. Their military for example is created the same way. Greeks also possess the strongest heroes in the game but they cannot be mass-produced, with a maximum of four (five with Poseidon, who allows building a hero ship, The Argo).

Trivia

• In the Alphas of Age of Mythology, the Greeks' architecture set originally was more historically accurate. The buildings all had whiter textures and bright red tile roofs, the human units were also more accurate to the Hellenic Era in which they are portrayed.
  • The Greeks also had several additional units: the Griffon, Cataphract, War Turtle, Harpy, Oxybeles (a Greek Ballista), and Misenus, the original Campaign hero.
• The Greeks mainly draw influence from Hellenistic-era Greece, especially from the kingdom of Macedonia, attested from the presence of Helepoli, Hetairos, Hypaspists, Prodromi, and the Sarissa upgrade. Triremes' sails also depict the Vergina Sun, also known as the Star of Vergina.
  • However, they also draw their influence from Classical Greece, particularly Athens, as attested from some myth technologies (most notably Trierarch and Athenian Wall), and the presence of Hoplites and Toxotes.
• Two of their units are also influenced from non-Greek civilizations; the Peltast unit is of Thracian origin, whereas the Toxotes are based on an Athenian police/safeguarding force, composed of Scythian slaves, armed with a "toxon" (τόξον: bow, a word of Indo-Iranian origin).