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Civilizations: Greeks - Norse - Egyptians - Atlanteans - Chinese

A list of units and gods from the Greek Civilization of Age of Mythology.

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In general

• Anachronism Stew: The Greeks are a mishmash of various eras of antiquity, such as having the Trojan War fought with soldiers straight out of the Peloponnesian War, if not Alexander the Great's campaigns.
• A Commander Is You:
  • Balanced: They're a versatile civilisation with a tendency towards quality human units and an easy-to-manage economy, playing almost like a faction from Age of Empires II. They gather Favor by praying at temples, and the more villagers are praying, the faster Favor they gain.
  • Generalist: Their military is a standard mix of infantry, cavalry and archers who counter each other, slower on the move and more expensive than their Egyptian and Norse counterparts but heavily armoured and quite powerful. In the Heroic Age, they can train Hypaspists, Peltasts and Prodromos (specialist hard counter infantry, cavalry and archers) and a ranged siege unit called the Petrobolos, the only civ in the game to get one in the Heroic Age. They also get one hero unit from each god in their pantheon as they advance through the ages, and while effective against humans and mythic units, they are one of a kind.
• During the War: Fall of the Trident starts off at the tail-end of the Trojan War, with Arkantos setting off to what he thinks is just fulfilling Atlantis' obligation to the Greek cities.
• God's Hands Are Tied: Of all the pantheons, the Greek gods are the most inclined to avoid directly intervening unless such action is absolutely needed, lest their involvement risk divine conflict. This becomes even more pronounced in the expansion, after the Atlanteans' assault on Mount Olympus itself weakens them enough for the Titans to start breaking free.
• Gods Need Prayer Badly: In order to generate Favor, Greek villagers have to be tasked to pray at a temple. Zeus in particular is implied to need prayers even more by virtue of his unique 200 Favor cap.
• Jack of All Stats: Greek human units are generally well-rounded and flexible enough that they could be used even against enemies meant to counter them.
• Regional Riff: "Greek to Me," when playing as the Greeks.
• Revisiting the Roots: Myth units and god powers aside, the Greeks are mechanically the most "conventional" of the various civilizations, playing much like a classic Age of Empires II faction.
• Skill Gate Characters: Being the civilization that plays the most like a conventional Age of Empires faction, and the first playable one in Fall of the Trident, the Greeks are the easiest for players to learn.
• Theme Park Version: On top of being an amalgamation of various eras of antiquity, the Greeks are heavily inspired by portrayals in classic Sword and Sandal cinema. Their buildings have the iconic (but inaccurate) pure white columns, while many of the Greek myth units are quite obviously based on the Ray Harryhausen films.
• We ARE Struggling Together: A consistent aspect of the Greeks is that they're just as likely to fight each other as they are to unite against common foes.

Major gods

Zeus

King of the Gods and ruler of Olympus, he's one of the three main Greek Gods. He doesn't appear directly but still helps Arkantos in his struggle against Gargarensis.

God Power: Bolt (instantly kill one enemy units; deal massive damage to Titans)
Bonuses: Start with 15 favor and doubled favor cap (from 100 to 200).
Villagers gather favor faster.
Hoplites move faster.
Infantries deal double damage to buildings.
Technologies: Olympic Parentage (increases heroes' hitpoints)
Unique Units: Myrmidon (slow-moving infantry that deals bonus damage to non-Greek human units)
Heroes: Jason (Archaic), Odysseus (Classical), Heracles (Heroic), Bellerophon (Mythic)
Focus: Infantries and heroes
Minor God availability: Hermes and Athena (Classical Age), Apollo and Dionysus (Heroic Age), Hera and Hephaestus (Mythic Age)

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• Big Good: In the first Campaign, he's the God you play as during most of the Greek scenarios. It is he that aids Arkantos in his journey to stop Gargarensis's evil plans, rather than his patron god, Poseidon, who is secretly siding with Gargarensis.
• Bolt of Divine Retribution: His divine power allows you to zap a single enemy unit, even heroes and monsters (with the exception of Titans, who can be bolted but will simply lose about a sixth of their HP).
• A Commander Is You:
  • Turtle: Worshiping Apollo grants the increased LOS of "Oracle" and allows temples to heal friendly units via "Temple of Healing". Worshiping his exclusive Minor God Hera increases their HP. As for ranged units, the Heroic Age God Apollo grants him the Manticore while in the Mythic Age Hera gives him the Medusa as well as the tech "Monstrous Rage" that increases their HP.
  • Unit Specialist (Infantry):
    • Overall, his Infantry gains bonuses against buildings and extra pierce armor (by worshiping Athena and researching "Aegis Shield") in the Classical Age, and extra line-of-sight (by worshiping Apollo and researching "Oracle") or increased HP (by worshiping Dinoysus and researching "Bacchanalia") in the Heroic Age.
    • In particular, Zeus has fast Hoplites who also gain extra pierce (by worshiping Athena and researching "Aegis Shield") and hack armor (by worshiping Athena and researching "Sarissa") in the Classical Age, and extra line-of-sight (by worshiping Apollo and researching "Oracle") or increased HP (by worshiping Dinoysus and researching "Bacchanalia") in the Heroic Age.
  • Unit Specialist (Myth Unit):
    • He starts with 15 Favor units and his Favor cap is set at 200 rather than the usual 100, allowing him to field more Myth units. He also gains more Favor by having more Myth Units on the field.
    • Worshiping Hera or Hephaestus in the Mythic Age grants further bonuses to all Myth units: the former has a tech that increases all Myth Units' HP ("Monstrous Rage"), and the latter has another that instead increases all units' attack ("Weapon of the Titans").
• God's Hands Are Tied: Athena explains that the reason Zeus is using Arkantos to stop Gargarensis' plans to release the Titans is because if he interfered directly, it would cause a war between all the gods.
• Grandpa God: Is depicted as an older man with white hair and a beard.
• Mutually Exclusive Power-Ups:
  • Apollo and Dionysus, from the Heroic Age, have two overall bonuses, either all your units get increased LOS ("Oracle") or increased HP ("Bacchanalia").
  • Hera and Hephaestus, from the Mythic Age, have attack-increasing bonuses: the former has "Monstrous Rage" for all Myth units regardless of uniqueness while the latter has "Weapon of the Titans" for all unique Myth units.
• Meteor-Summoning Attack: In Fall of the Trident he grants Arkantos the power of dropping meteors twice, one during the final stages of the Trojan War and the second time in the finale as a reward for each Poseidon temple destroyed.
• Necessary Drawback: Because of his bonuses to Favor, Zeus-worshiping Greeks cannot worship Aphrodite, who also has bonuses to said resource.
• Really Gets Around: This is Zeus, he had many affairs with gods and mortals alike, resulting in many demigod children. This is also reflected in the Olympic Parentage unique technology which gives all heroes extra hitpoints.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: At least during the campaign. Zeus has been discreetly helping Arkantos in stopping Gargarensis and Poseidon from unleashing the Titans through his quest, which becomes much more overt once he arrives in Tartarus.
• Shock and Awe: His God Power is a Bolt of Divine Retribution.
• The Voice: In the last scenario of the Fall of the Trident campaign, a voice tells Arkantos to take the blessing to stop Gargarensis from freeing Kronos. Considering that he is heard after building the Wonder, it's him giving Arkantos godly powers in order to defeat Poseidon's living statue.

Myrmidon

Cost: 70 food, 50 gold

Availability: Mythic Age

Trained at: Fortress/Military Academy (from The Titans only)

God-specific bonuses:

Zeus: Attack vs. buildings +100%

Upgrades: Medium Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades to Medium Myrmidon who have +10% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Heavy Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades Medium to Heavy Myrmidon who have +15% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Champion Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades Heavy to Champion Myrmidon who have +20% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%, Levy Infantry/Conscript Infantry^note Military Academy, training time -20%, Beast Slayer ^note Fortress, attack vs. myth units +50%.

God-specific upgrades:

Athena: Aegis Shield ^note Military Academy/Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Hephaestus: Weapon of the Titans ^note Temple, attack +20%, training time -20%

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• Elite Mooks: Befitting the warriors who followed Achilles to Troy, Myrmidons are slow but powerful infantry units, being superior to Hoplites in almost every way
• Like Cannot Cut Like: While Myrmidons have attack bonuses against other civilizations' human units, they don't have such against other enemy Greek ones.

Poseidon

God of the Sea and defender of Atlantis, he's the god worshiped by both the Atlanteans and Gargarensis, and the eventual focus of the Fall of the Trident campaign.

God Power: Lure (attracts hunting animals to the targeted stone)
Bonuses: Cavalry units are cheaper.
Stables are cheaper.
Resource exchange at markets is more efficient.
Destroyed own buildings produce Militia.
Spawns a Hippocampus at a Dock if a Temple was built first.
Technologies: Lord of Horses (increases cavalry's extra line-of-sight)
Unique Units: Hippocampus (naval myth unit that scouts the sea), Hetairoi (cavalry that has bonus damage to buildings), Militia (weak infantry that spawns from destroyed buildings)
Heroes: Theseus (Archaic), Hippolyta (Classical), Atlanta (Heroic), Polyphemus, the Argo (Mythic)
Focus: Cavalry
Minor God availability: Hermes and Ares (Classical Age), Aphrodite and Dionysus (Heroic Age), Artemis and Hephaestus (Mythic Age)

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• Adaptational Villainy: While the Greek Gods have always been Jerkass Gods, Poseidon tends to be less abjectly evil than this interpretation and certainly wouldn't ally himself with Kronos.
• The Beastmaster: His divine power summons a giant runic stone that attracts all the animals nearby. He also improves cavalry, as he is also the God of Horses.
• A Commander Is You:
  • Economic: The God Power "Lure" attracts animals to a stone in an area, and the resource exchange in Markets is more efficient. Worshiping Aphrodite in the Heroic Age grants bonuses to Villagers such as Favor gathering ("Golden Apples") and resource carrying and movement speed ("Divine Blood") and her God Power "Curse" gives your civ a free food source; and worshiping Hephaestus in the Mythic Age grants the God Power "Plenty" (generates a Vault that generates resources every 5 seconds) and the "Forge of Olympus" tech, which decreases the cost of all Armory techs.
  • Spammer: Has the cheapest Cavalry of all Greek compositions, helped by cheap Stables. In addition, worshiping Hermes in the Classical Age removes the food cost of their Scout unit, the Pegasus. Coupled with another of Hermes's techs, "Spirited Charge" (a tech that boosts attack and movement speed), this allows him to spam cavalry units and overwhelm his opponents' infantry and siege.
  • Unit Specialist (Cavalry): Has cheap Stables and cavalry, and a tech that increases their LOS. In addition, worshiping Hermes in the Classical Age gives a further increase in speed and attack via "Spirited Charge", and they also benefit from Dionysus' overall tech bonus "Bacchanalia" (increased LOS) and his God Power "Bronze" (increased armor for all units in an area).
  • Unit Specialist (Myth Siege Units): His unique unit Hetairoi has bonus damage against buildings. Worshiping Ares in the Classical Age gives him the Cyclops/Elder Cyclops as well as an enemy unit-training denial option in the God Power "Pestilence"; worshiping Aphrodite gives him the Nemean Lion/Rex; and worshiping Hephaestus rather than Artemis in the Mythical Age gives him the Colossi line. With the exception of the Aphrodite-exclusive Nemean Lion (as both her and Dionysus are mutually exclusive), they also benefit from Dionysus' "Bacchanalia" (increased LOS) and his God Power "Bronze" (increased armor for all units in an area).
• Dishing Out Dirt: It is implied that Poseidon causes a massive earthquake to destroy Atlantis and kill Arkantos as soon as he destroyed his avatar. Poseidon was known as the Earthshaker.
• Evil All Along: At first, Arkantos thought that Poseidon was a benevolent patron god to Atlantis. However, when Athena reveals to Arkantos that Poseidon was secretly allying with Kronos and Gargarensis, whose plans involve the destruction of Atlantis, he can hardly believe it.
• Greater-Scope Villain: He's the one that sent Gargarensis in his quest.
• Hotter and Sexier: Downplayed. While his portrayal in Retold looks similar to his original art, he's noticeably more buff, while his seaweed-esque clothing leaves little to the imagination.
• Karma Houdini: So far as is shown in the games, never suffers any repercussions for selling Atlantis and his fellow Olympians out in the hopes of getting a reward from the Titans. Unless the loss of Atlantis weakened him somehow.
• Our Mermaids Are Different: A full artwork of Poseidon shows him having a fish tail, a common misconception of Poseidon as it is a trait belonging to his son, Triton.
• Patron God: Poseidon is the patron deity of Atlantis, who is revered and beloved to the point of having a giant statue built in his honor. This doesn't stop him from throwing the Atlanteans under the bridge by having Gargarensis free the Titans.
• Prongs of Poseidon: Well, no duh, he IS the Trope Namer as his statue in the Town Center holds a trident and the trident decorates his UI.
• Wizard Beard: He has quite an impressive one in his portrait.
• Taking You with Me: When Arkantos defeats his avatar, the Earthquake god power activates as soon as the scenario is complete and the screen turns to black, implying that Poseidon destroys Atlantis as a way to take down Arkantos with it.

Hippocampus

Cost: 0

Availability: Archaic Age

Trained at: Dock (it spawns when the Dock is built. If killed, it will respawn after 60 seconds)

God-specific upgrades:

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

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• Army Scout: It is Poseidon's naval scout, allowing its follower constant surveillance in the sea.
• Our Hippocamps Are Different: Upon building the Dock and the Temple, he will grant you a Hippocampus, an aquatic scouting unit that allow you to survey the seas.

Hetairoi

Cost: 40 food, 72 gold (with Poseidon's discount in mind)

Availability: Mythic Age

Trained at: Fortress/Stable (from The Titans only)

God-specific bonuses:

Poseidon: Food and Gold cost -10%

Upgrades: Medium Cavalry^note Stable, upgrades to Medium Hetairoi who have +10% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Heavy Cavalry^note Stable, upgrades Medium to Heavy Hetairoi who have +15% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Champion Cavalry^note Stable, upgrades Heavy to Champion Hetairoi who have +20% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%, Levy Cavalry/Conscript Cavalry^note Stable, training time -20%, Beast Slayer ^note Fortress, attack vs. myth units +50%.

God-specific upgrades:

Poseidon: Lord of Horses ^note Stable, LOS +4

Hermes: Spirited Charge ^note Stable, speed and attack +10%

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%, Thracian Horses ^note Stable, HP +20%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Hephaestus: Weapon of the Titans ^note Temple, attack +20%, training time -20%

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• Anti-Structure: Hetairoi are most notable for their attack bonus against buildings.

Militia

Cost: 0

Availability: Archaic Age

Trained at: Destroyed buildings (Poseidon only)

Upgrades: Medium Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades to Medium Militia who have +10% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Heavy Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades Medium to Heavy Militia who have +15% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Champion Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades Heavy to Champion Militia who have +20% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%

God-specific upgrades:

Ares: Phobos' Spear of Panic ^note Military Academy/Armory, attack +10%

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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• Instant Militia: Worshippers of Poseidon will gain Militia upon losing a building (except for walls and Farms). The number of Militia spawned depends on the building, for example, towers provide 1 Militia while a Wonder provides 10 Militia.

Hades

God of the Underworld, he rules over the Fire and Brimstone Hell of Erebus. Despite his status, he never ever appears and is actually pretty helpful.

God Power: Sentinel (summons 5 Sentinels to protect a Town Center)
Bonuses: When a human unit die, it may create a Shade. Progressively grow stronger up an Age.
Buildings have increased hitpoints and attack.
Archers deal more damage.
Technologies: Vault of Erebus (generate a small trickle of gold)
Unique Units: Gastraphetes (expensive but powerful archers), Shades (weak Myth units that grows stronger with Age)
Heroes: Ajax (Archaic), Chiron (Classical), Achilles (Heroic), Perseus (Mythic)
Focus Archers and buildings
Minor God availability: Athena and Ares (Classical Age), Apollo and Aphrodite (Heroic Age), Artemis and Hephaestus (Mythic Age)

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• A Commander Is You:
  • Elitist: Focus on expensive but powerful units. In order to sustain said focus, players are granted a tech that trickles gold at a rate ("Vault of Erebus"), as well as access to the Villager-empowering Aphrodite and Hephaestus, who has a God Power that further trickles resources at a rate.
  • Economist: Has a tech ("Vault of Erebus") that generates a gold trickle. Worshiping Aphrodite in the Heroic Age gives several boosts to his villagers (a free food source in the God Power "Curse", and "Golden Apples" and "Divine Blood" empowering their gathering rate, movement speed and construction time). Worshiping Hephaestus in the Mythic Age grants the God Power "Plenty" (generates a Vault that generates resources every 5 minutes) and decreases the cost of the Armory building's techs ("Forge of Olympus").
  • Turtle: His buildings have increased HP and attack. His God Power "Sentinel" can raise up to 5 Sentinels in order to protect a Town Center. He also has damage bonuses for his Archery, and his UU is another ranged unit. Finally, depending on which Minor God you choose to worship in the Heroic Age, either your Villagers get a construction bonus (via Aphrodite's tech "Divine Power") or your civ gets a LOS boost ("Oracle"), a healing ability for Temples ("Temple of Healing") and another ranged unit in the Manticore (Apollo).
  • Ranger/Unit Specialist (Archer): His archers deal a lot of damage. His Gastraphetes UU is an archer. Worshiping Ares further increases the attack of the Toxotes ("Enyo's Bow"), worshiping Apollo gives them extra LOS ("Oracle") and the ability to appear anywhere in the map thanks to Underworld Passage, and worshiping Artemis further increases their attack ("Shafts of Plague").
• Cool Uncle: He’s backing his niece - Athena to help give Arkantos perspective in his dreams.
• Dark Is Not Evil: He rules over a dark place full of monsters and lava, but he's not really a bad guy, going so far as to help Arkantos while he's in the Underworld.
• Everybody Hates Hades: Subverted, he's the God of choice for the Trojans, but he's not the main villain of the campaign.
• Gameplay and Story Segregation: Ironically, he's the God worshiped by Troy despite the fact that two of his heroes fought against Troy.
• Good Samaritan: Despite owing Arkantos and his friends absolutely nothing, he still aids them twice for no stated reason. Presumably he either doesn’t want Kronos free anymore than the other gods, or the developers remembered he’s supposed to be one of the more reasonable gods.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Hades’s Vault of Erebus trickle may not sound like much, but between that and his building discounts you can effectively pull ahead early through nothing more than economic savvy; If you have the skills to balance a check book, Hades will reward your guile.
• Infinite Supplies: Age of Mythology remembers that Hades isn't just the God of the Underworld, but also all of the riches beneath the ground. Therefore, researching his Vaults of Erebus technology will give you a small trickle of that wealth.
• Living Statue: His god power summons five of these guardians to protect a Town Center.
• Master Archer: Hades worshipers have very strong archers with his own bonus to improved archer's attack and the Gastraphetes. Worshiping Ares, Apollo, and Artemis will vastly improve their attack capabilities
• Mutually Exclusive Power-Ups:
  • Both Ares and Athena, from the Classical Age, grant a bonus to Hoplites in the Heroic Age in the form of either an increased attack ("Phobos' Spear") or increased hack armor ("Sarissa") and pierce armor ("Aegis Shield", which also applies to the rest of the infantry) respectively.
  • Both Apollo and Aphrodite from the Heroic Age grant different bonuses to buildings: the former has increased LOS ("Oracle) and a healing ability for temples ("Temple of Healing") while the latter empowers the Villagers' construction time ("Divine Blood").
• Nothing Personal: He seems to have taken Arkantos’s help in defeating his worshippers at Troy with no malice whatsoever, considering he helps Arkantos escape the Underworld and gain perspective in his dreams later.
• Out of Focus: In the campaign, compared to Zeus and Poseidon which are respectively the Big Good and the Greater-Scope Villain of the story, Hades barely interacts with the protagonists.
• Prophet Eyes: Barely visible under the helmet, but they're there.
• Signature Headgear: His Helmet of Invisibility.

Gastraphetes

Cost: 110 wood, 70 gold

Availability: Mythic Age

Trained at: Fortress/Archery Range (from The Titans only)

God-specific bonuses:

Hades: Attack +10%

Upgrades: Medium Archers^note Archery Range, upgrades to Medium Gastraphetes who have +10% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Heavy Archers^note Archery Range, upgrades Medium to Heavy Gastraphetes who have +15% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Champion Archers^note Archery Range, upgrades Heavy to Champion Gastraphetes who have +20% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%, Levy Archers/Conscript Archers^note Archery Range, training time -20%, Burning Pitch^note Armory, attack vs. buildings +300%, attack vs. ships +50%, Beast Slayer ^note Fortress, attack vs. myth units +50%.

God-specific upgrades:

Ares: Enyo's Bow of Horror ^note Archery Range/Armory, attack +10%

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Sun Ray ^note Archery Range/Armory, attack +10%, Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Artemis: Shafts of Plague ^note Archery Range/Armory, attack +20%

Hephaestus: Weapon of the Titans ^note Temple, attack +20%, training time -20%

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• Long-Range Fighter: The Gastraphetes boasts a very long range and can kill infantry from much further away than conventional archers.

Shades

Cost: 0

Availability: Archaic Age

Trained at: Temple (20% chance to spawn when a human soldier dies)

Upgrades: HP +10% and attack +20% upon advancing an age, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%.

God-specific upgrades:

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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• Neutrals, Critters, and Creeps: On the Erebus random map, Shades appear as neutral units that attack any player-owned ones on sight.
• Night of the Living Mooks: Hades' troops may return from the dead as Shades that fight for you.

Minor gods

Classical Age

Hermes

"You have advanced to the Classical Age through the Guidance of Hermes."

The messenger of the gods. Known for his speed, he is capable of delivering the message of gods to other gods and men.

God Power: Ceasefire (prevent combat in the entire map for a duration of time)
Unique Technologies: Spirited Charge (Cavalry gain increased speed and attack), Sylvan Lore (Centaurs gain increased hitpoints and speed), Winged Messenger (Pegasus cost no food, gain increased line-of-sight and train faster)
Myth Unit: Centaur/Centaur Polemarch (Mythic horse archers. Can deal a strong, unmissable attack)
Focus: Cavalry
Major God Availability: Zeus and Poseidon

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• Doves Mean Peace: The duration of Ceasefire is represented by doves circling around every town centers in the map.
• Irony: Although Hermes is mentioned as a guide to dead souls, he cannot be worshiped by Hades, the king of the underworld.
• I Surrender, Suckers: One of the utilities of Ceasefire is getting your entire army in the enemy's base and the enemy cannot do anything about it until the Ceasefire ends.
• Super-Speed: It wouldn't be Hermes if he wasn't fast. His upgrades improve the speed of cavalry and has access to fast Centaurs, allowing them to perform hit-and-run and chasing down fleeing enemies.

Centaur

Cost: 200 wood, 12 favor

Trained at: Temple

God-specific upgrades:

Hermes: Sylvan Lore^note Temple, HP +25%, increased movement speed

Apollo: Sun Ray ^note Archery Range/Armory, attack +10%, Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Hera: Monstrous Rage ^note Temple, attack +25%

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• Our Centaurs Are Different: Centaurs are known for their Hit-and-Run Tactics because of their bows and speed.
• Horse Archer: Essentially this, though in this case they are one being.
• Nerf: Tale of the Dragon changes the speed "Sylvan Lore" gave to them from a relative 30% to a more absolute +1.
• You Will Not Evade Me: Their special attack is "Accurate Shot", a shot that never misses and causes pierce damage.

Athena

"You have advanced to the Classical Age through the Wisdom of Athena."

The goddess of wisdom. The favorite of Zeus and the complete opposite of Ares. As Ares is bloodthirsty and destructive, she is cunning and strategic. The city Athens is named after her.

God Power: Restoration (heals friendly units and buildings over a period of time)
Unique Technologies: Aegis Shield (infantry gain increased pierce armor), Sarissa (Hoplites gain increased hack armor), Labyrinth (Minotaurs cost less food and gain increased hitpoints)
Myth Unit: Minotaur/Bull Minotaur (tough melee fighters that fling non-siege units away from combat, dealing extra damage)
Focus: Human defense
Major God Availability: Zeus and Hades

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: In Classical Mythology, Athena is traditionally described and depicted with black hair. Here she is blonde. Early artwork of her exists with the expected blak hair, and her appearance in the opening cutscene has darker hair.
• Artwork and Game Graphics Segregation: Her artwork depicts her with blonde hair, but her in-game and opening model has her with brown hair.
• Big Good: While she is not a major god, she serves as Arkantos’s divine adviser who reveals Gargarensis’s plan to freeing Kronos. She is also the default Classical god in the campaign when playing as the Zeus-worshipping Greeks.
• The Owl-Knowing One: Although not represented in the game, her symbol is the owl, which represents wisdom. A promotional image from 2002 originally depicted her with an owl sitting on her left shoulder.
• War Goddess: While Ares is the god of war, she is still one and prefer tactics and defense over brute force. Her upgrades improve the defense of your units.

Minotaur

Cost: 200 wood, 14 favor

Trained at: Temple

God-specific upgrades:

Athena: Labyrinth of Minos^note Temple, upgrades them to Bull Minotaurs, food cost -25%, HP +40%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Hera: Monstrous Rage ^note Temple, attack +25%

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• Artwork and Game Graphics Segregation: Minotaurs lack a nose ring in the opening of the game.
• Blown Across the Room: Their special attack flings a single unit from combat, dealing damage and pushing them away from the fight. Can be strong against units with terrible speed.
• Fantastic Race Weapon Affinity: Minotaurs wield a labrys, an axe symbolic to the Minoans, which is where the minotaur mythology originated from.
• Our Minotaurs Are Different: These axe-wielding bovinemen can gore a non-siege unit away from combat.

Ares

"You have advanced to the Classical Age through the Strife caused by Ares."

The god of war. Known for being a terror among armies and the darker side of war.

God Power: Pestilence (prevent a military building from producing units)
Unique Technologies: Phobos' Spear (Hoplite gain increased attack), Deimos' Sword (Hypaspist gain increased attack), Enyo's Bow (Toxotes gain increased attack), Will of Kronos (Cyclops gain increased attack and train faster)
Myth Unit: Cyclops/Elder Cyclops (tough melee fighter strong against buildings and tough units. Can pick up and hurl human units, instantly killing them.)
Focus: Human offense
Major God Availability: Poseidon and Hades

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• Grandpa God: In his in-game portrait he appears old and white-haired. This is unusual for depictions of Ares, who is generally portrayed as young and handsome, but common for his more respectable Roman equivalent Mars.
• Multi-Melee Master: His power ups extend to Swords, Spears and Bows, increasing the attack of both infantry and archers.
• Mystical Plague: His Pestilence god power affects buildings that can produce units.
• War God: As can be expected from a guy named Ares.

Cyclops

Cost: 250 food, 18 favor

Trained at: Temple

God-specific upgrades:

Ares: Will of Kronos^note Temple, upgrades them to Elder Cyclops, hack attack +50%, crush attack +100%, training time -25%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

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• Carry a Big Stick: The Cyclops is armed with a big wooden club.
• Classical Cyclops: They are tough and have the ability to instantly kill a human soldier. Interestingly, it is depicted with hooved and furred legs and a single horn.
• One-Hit Kill: Their special ability can instantly kill a human soldier. It usually takes a few seconds for them to throw the soldier, but it is enough to take out a strong unit.
• Sadly Mythcharacterized: Both its and Will of Kronos history states that the "elder" cyclopes were the children of Kronos, when it was usually Kronos's father, Oranos, that fathered the elder cyclopes.
• Stone Wall: In the Classical and Heroic ages, despite their slow speed, they can take down Watch towers and Barracks with ease. In turn, they're quite expensive.

Heroic Age

Apollo

"You have advanced to the Heroic Age through the Foresight of Apollo."

Twin brother of Artemis, and the god of archery and healing. Known for his domain of foretelling the future with his temples and oracles.

God Power: Underworld Passage (Create two portals in the map. Any units can instantly teleport to the other end.)
Unique Technologies: Sun Ray (Archers gain increased attack), Oracle (Units and buildings gain increased line-of-sight), Temple of Healing (Temples can heal units)
Myth Unit: Manticore (ranged units that hurl volley of tail spikes at groups of enemies)
Focus: Archers
Major God Availability: Zeus and Hades

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• Defog of War: Apollo grants the upgrade “Oracle” which gives increased line of sight for units and buldings.
• Hellgate: His god power opens up portals to the Underworld, allowing units to enter the portal to teleport to the other side for easy invasion or reinforcement. It also makes sense if Hades is the chosen major god.
• Light 'em Up: His power up for the archers is called Sun Ray, grants a better line of sight to buildings and the healing powers take the form of shiny beams from the heavens.
• The Medic: One of his upgrades lets temples heals units that stand close to them.
• Portal Door: His god power allow your units to teleport between two portals.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: He's almost naked.

Manticore

Cost: 300 wood, 28 favor

Trained at: Temple

God-specific upgrades:

Apollo: Sun Ray ^note Archery Range/Armory, attack +10%, Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Hera: Monstrous Rage ^note Temple, attack +25%

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• Beware My Stinger Tail: Manticores attack by shooting their tail spines at enemies.
• Our Manticores Are Spinier: The Manticore is a beast with a body of a lion, a human face, and wings. It shoots a barrage of spines that harms an army of infantry.
• Wings Do Nothing: It has wings that doesn't allow it to fly.

Aphrodite

"You have advanced to the Heroic Age by the Passion of Aphrodite."

The goddess of love and beauty. Despite being married to Hephaestus, she enjoys the attention of gods and other men over her beauty.

God Power: Curse (Transform a group of human units into pigs)
Unique Technologies: Golden Apples (Villagers gather favor faster), Divine Blood (Villagers move faster, can carry more resources, and build faster), Roar of Orthus (Nemean Lion gain increased armor)
Myth Unit: Nemean Lion/Nemean Rex (An armored lion that has bonus damage against archers and buildings. It can roar to deal damage to enemies.
Focus: Villagers
Major God Availability: Poseidon and Hades

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• Apple of Discord: The golden apple she holds, which was given to her by Paris, prince of Troy. She also has them as her upgrade, improving favor gathering.
• Forced Transformation: Her god power transforms a group of human units into pigs, which cuts down the enemy's offense, as well as providing food for whoever takes ownership of the pigs.
• I'm a Humanitarian: The pigs generated from using the God Power "Curse" can also be eaten.
• Love Goddess: Aphrodite is this for the Greek pantheon, though she leans more toward sex and passion rather than love.
• Ms. Fanservice: The only deity depicted nude in-game.
• Nice to the Waiter: Most of her upgrades benefit villagers.
• Sadly Mythcharacterized: The Golden Apple's history states that Enyo, daughter of Ares and goddess of war, instigated discord between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite with the golden apple, which led to them holding a contest with Paris as judge that would lead to the Trojan War. Most accounts attribute the instigator to Eris, the goddess of discord and chaos. In addition, Enyo doesn't mean "strife," while Eris does. The discrepancy is likely because Homer equates the two goddess as one and the same.
• Toplessness from the Back: In her portrait.

Nemean Lion

Cost: 250 gold, 22 favor

Trained at: Temple

God-specific upgrades:

Aphrodite: Roar of Orthus ^note Temple, upgrades them to Nemean Rex, hack armor +20%, pierce armor +50%

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• Heavily Armored Mook: Part of the upgrade “Roar of Orthus” makes the Nemean Lion less vulnerable to hack attacks, and far less vulnerable to piercing attacks.
• Mighty Roar: Its special ability let out a powerful roar that deals damage to enemies around it. It is especially powerful against myth units.
• Panthera Awesome: A giant golden lion with a powerful roar capable of damaging multiple enemies.

Dionysus

"You have advanced to the Heroic Age through the Drunken Revelry of Dionysus."

God of wine and revelry, who left his worshipers in a mindless euphoria which led them to follow him in the land, constantly dancing and singing.

God Power: Bronze (increases armor of human units in the area)
Unique Technologies: Bacchanalia (all units gain increased hitpoints), Anastrophe (Pentekonters gain increased attack, speed, and train faster), Thracian Horses (Cavalry gain increased hitpoints)
Myth Unit: Hydra (A tough melee unit. Gain heads for every kill, which increases their attack), Scylla (the naval equivalent of the Hydra)
Focus: Cavalry
Major God Availability: Zeus and Poseidon

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• Adaptational Attractiveness: Inverted. Contrary to traditional depictions of Dionysus as a young and pretty youth, here he appears as a grey-haired middle-aged man (more in line with his Roman equivalent Bacchus).
• Chrome Champion: All mortal units blessed with Bronze. They also make metallic noises when hit.
• Made of Iron: Bronze does this to the mortal soldiers in the area of effect, greatly improving their armor.

Hydra

Cost: 250 gold, 28 favor

Trained at: Temple

God-specific upgrades:

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Hera: Monstrous Rage ^note Temple, attack +25%

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• Magikarp Power: Once spawned, it has a meager 20 base damage for its attack. After getting 12 kills and growing all 5 heads, its base damage is 60.
• Our Hydras Are Different: At first, it only has one head but gains more as it kills up to 5, improving its attack.
• Prehistoric Animal Analogue: The Hydra resembles a sauropod.

Scylla

Cost: 200 gold, 15 favor

Trained at: Temple

God-specific upgrades:

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Hera: Monstrous Rage ^note Temple, attack +25%

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• Magikarp Power: Once spawned, it has a meager 20 base damage for its attack. After getting 12 kills and growing all 5 heads, its base damage is 60.
• Prehistoric Animal Analogue: The Scylla resembles a plesiosaur.
• Scylla and Charybdis: A naval version of the Hydra.

Mythic Age

Hera

"You have advanced to the Mythic Age through the Schemes of Hera."

Wife of Zeus and goddess of marriages. She is known for being vengeful, especially against Zeus' lovers and children.

God Power: Lightning Storm (Summons a storm that devastate enemy armies)
Unique Technologies: Monstrous Rage (Myth units gain increased attack), Face of the Gorgon (Medusas gain increased hitpoints), Athenian Wall (Buildings gain increased hitpoints)
Myth Unit: Medusa/Medusa Matriarch (Ranged mythic unit that can turn unit to stone), Carcinos (Tough naval unit that deals hack and crush damage)
Focus: Building and myth units
Major God Availability: Zeus

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• God Save Us from the Queen!: One of the most vengeful gods.
• Shock and Awe: As the wife of Zeus, her god power is Lightning Storm.
• Woman Scorned: Mostly attacked Zeus' lovers and their children.

Medusa

Cost: 250 gold, 28 favor

Trained at: Temple

God-specific upgrades:

Apollo: Sun Ray ^note Archery Range/Armory, pierce attack +10%, Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Hera: Face of the Gorgon^note Temple, upgrades to Medusa Matriarch, HP +33%, Monstrous Rage ^note Temple, attack +25%

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• A Kind of One: The plural of Medusa is Medusae, a pluralization of Medusa... even though Medusa herself was actually one of three sisters called "Gorgons", and worse, uses Latin grammar rules to pluralize a Greek name. The developers already had a perfectly good generic species name at their disposal, but they chose to enforce A Kind of One instead! Could be justified when you remember Medusa is the only mortal Gorgon as the two other Gorgons were said to be immortal.
• Balance Buff: Originally had a 40 favor cost in the original AoM, then The Titans reduced this cost to 29, and Extended Edition further reduced said cost to 28.
• Difficult, but Awesome: Left to her own devices, she falls easily to not only Hero Units but to weaker units as well. A player who's quite adept in micromanagement can turn her into a destruction machine who focuses her Gaze into the most expensive and powerful enemy units into stone while the remaining forces backing them up take care of the rest.
• Medusa: They are dangerous as they can turn anything to stone, even myth units.
• Snake People: Based on the version from Clash Of The Titans, so this is a given.
• Taken for Granite: Medusa's special ability, Gaze, which, with the exception of Titans and airborne units, turn anything else it sees into stone.

Carcinos

Cost: 200 wood, 20 favor

Trained at: Temple

God-specific upgrades:

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Hera: Monstrous Rage ^note Temple, attack +25%

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• Giant Enemy Crab: Carcinos was a mythical crab that fought alongside the Hydra against Heracles. When it died, Hera turned it into the constellation Cancer.
• Taking You with Me: Explodes after its HP are depleted, causing 300 hack damage in all units within 7.5 range.

Artemis

"You have advanced to the Mythic Age through the Determination of Artemis."

Goddess of the wilds, who is attended by nymphs and shunned the attention of men. Known for her hunting skill.

God Power: Earthquake (A devastating landshake that destroys bases)
Unique Technologies: Flame of Typhon (Chimera has increased hitpoints, attack, and special ability), Shafts of Plague (Archers gain increased attack), Trierarch (Triremes gain crush armor)
Myth Unit: Chimera/Chimera Tyrant (a three-headed monster that breath fire that deals damage)
Focus: Archers
Major God Availability: Poseidon and Hades

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• Dishing Out Dirt: Her God Power causes a massive earthquake to shake the map and destroy buildings in a rapid pace. However, it is not very effective against other units so it is useful for destroying your enemies' defense and breaking down their military production.
• Poisoned Weapons: Though it doesn't actually let the arrows poison enemies, the Shafts of Plague upgrade increases the damage of archers.

Chimera

Cost: 300 gold, 30 favor

Trained at: Temple

God-specific upgrades:

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Artemis: Flames of Typhon ^note Temple, upgrades to Chimera Tyrants, attack +30%, special attack +30%, HP +20%

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• Classical Chimera: A true to form depiction of the monster. A lion with a goat's head and snake's tail and can breath fire.
• Breath Weapon: Their special attack is to breathe fire from the snake-heads mouth.
• Glass Cannon: They have strong attacks but poor defenses.

Hephaestus

"You have advanced to the Mythic Age through the Toil of Hephaestus."

God of the smiths. Born lame, he is known for crafting many artifacts, such as Zeus' mighty thunderbolts and Athena's aegis.

God Power: Plenty (Create a Vault that generates resources for every 5 seconds)
Unique Technologies: Forge of Olympus (Armory technology cost less resources), Hand of Talos (Colossi gain increased hitpoints), Shoulder of Talos (Colossi gain increased hitpoints and hack armor), Weapon of the Titans (Unique units gain increased attack)
Myth Unit: Colossus/Silver Colossus/Gold Colossus (Giant but slow myth units known for its high hitpoints and siege capabilities. They can eat trees and gold mines to heal.)
Focus: Human units
Major God Availability: Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades

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• Adaptational Attractiveness: Hephaestus is traditionally described as deformed and ugly, but here he's portrayed as a ripped shirtless guy with no visible deformities whatsoever.
• The Blacksmith: The god of them. One of his upgrades makes all the Armory upgrades super-cheap.
• Infinite Supplies: One of his greatest boons is the Plenty god power, which creates a vault that generate all resources. It means that while non-Hephaestus worshipping Greeks or non-Chinese opponents may run the risk of no renewable resources in a very late game, the Plenty can make sure they are still plentiful of resources and units.

Colossus

Cost: 300 gold, 25 favor

Trained at: Temple

God-specific upgrades:

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Hephaestus: Hand of Talos^note Temple, upgrades to Silver Colossus, HP +200%, Shoulder of Talos^note Temple, upgrades Silver Colossus to Gold Colossus, HP +200%, hack armor +20%

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• Living Statue: They can talk and even heal themselves by eating trees or gold ore.
• Mighty Glacier: Fully upgraded, they are *the* toughest unit in the game barring Titans, having about ten times the HP of infantry units. They are, however, just as vulnerable as any unit to any attacks that can One-Hit Kill.

Units

Villager

Cost: 50 food

Availability: Archaic Age

Trained at: Town Center

God-specific bonuses:

Zeus: Favor gathering +37.5%

Upgrades: Hand Axe/Bow Saw/Carpenters^note Storehouse, wood gathering +10%, wood carrying +50%, Pickaxe/Shaft Mine/Quarry^note Storehouse, gold gathering +10%, gold carrying 50%, Hunting Dogs^note Granary, food gathered from hunted animals +30%, Husbandry^note Granary, food gathered from herd animals +20, laborers can carry twice as much food for all types, Plow^note Granary, food gathering from Farms +10%, Irrigation/Flood Control^note Granary, food gathering from Farms +10%.

God-specific upgrades:

Aphrodite: Golden Apples ^note Town Center, Favor gathering +15%, Divine Blood^note Town Center, Speed +20%, Building Construction time -15%, Villager carry capacity +10

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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• Cap: Up to 80 Laborers can be trained for every civ, no matter what the population cap is at the moment. If the player needs to train one more, they must wait until a laborer is killed.
• Gender Is No Object: Can come in either Male or Female variants.
• Gods Need Prayer Badly: In order for Greek players to acquire favors, they must send villagers to the Temple to literally pray for more favor. The more villagers pray, the higher the gathering of favor become.
• Worker Unit: The basic worker of the Greek civilization, they construct buildings and gather all basic resources.

Kataskopos

Cost: 0

Availability: Archaic Age

Upgrades: Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%.

God-specific upgrades:

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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• Army Scout: Its main role is scouting, as the unit lacks good stats and cannot be trained at all if he dies.
• Starting Units: All Greek players start the game with one Kataskopos, but no more can be trained.

Greek Heroes

Cost: 100 food, 50 gold (Archaic), 200 wood, 2 favor (Classical), 350 food, 4 favor (Heroic), 400 gold, 6 favor (Mythic, non-Argo), 250 wood, 8 favor (Mythic, the Argo)

God-specific Heroes:

Zeus: Jason (Archaic), Odysseus (Classical), Heracles (Heroic), Bellerophon (Mythic)

Poseidon: Theseus (Archaic), Hippolyta (Classical), Atalanta (Heroic), Polyphemus, the Argo (Mythic)

Hades: Ajax (Archaic), Chiron (Classical), Achilles (Heroic), Perseus (Mythic)

Trained at: Town Center

Upgrades: HP and attack +10% upon advancing an age, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%

God-specific upgrades:

Zeus: Olympic Parentage ^note Town Center/Temple, HP +25%

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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• Adaptational Modesty: Atalanta is shown dressed much more conservatively than in classical depictions (where she was usually dressed in skimpy hunting dresses and bikinis).
• Adaptational Wimp:
  • Heracles, one of the strongest heroes in the Greek mythology, has mediocre stats for a Heroic Age hero unit in this game.
  • Achilles, the hero of the Trojan War known for his invulnerability, is no less killable than any other unit.
• Blown Across the Room: Polyphemus's special ability involves him swinging his club to fling an enemy unit away from the battle.
• Classical Cyclops: Polyphemus is one of Poseidon's sons and a Cyclops. He is an enemy of Odysseus.
• Gameplay and Story Segregation: One of Zeus's most famous sons, Perseus, can only be trained by Hades's worshippers.
• Hero Unit: Unlike other cultures, the Greek heroes are individuals from their mythology and there can only be one person at a time, meaning that the Greeks have four heroes while other cultures can have more than that. However, as compensation, Greek heroes are much stronger than other cultures'. While the heroes in the Archaic, Classical, and Heroic Age function almost the same, the Mythic Age heroes have special abilities that let them diverge from each other.
• In a Single Bound: Bellerophon rides Pegasus to fly toward a target to deal burst damage, similar to the Anubite's jumping ability.
• Irony:
  • Zeus's Mythic hero, Bellerophon, tried to arrogantly fly to the heavens, causing Zeus to send a gadfly to agitate Pegasus and fling him back to the ground.
  • Poseidon can train the Argo, but its famed captain, Jason, can only be trained by Zeus's worshippers.
  • Since Hades worshippers cannot worship Hermes, Chiron is unable to fight alongside other centaurs. As the result, he cannot benefit from Sylvan Lore, which uses Chiron in its icon.
• Master Archer: The Classical Age heroes are archers, like Odysseus, Hippolyta, and Chiron. Statwise, Odysseus is durable but slow, Hippolyta is strong but frail, and Chiron is fast but weak.
• Super-Speed: Atalanta and Bellerophon are tied as the fastest Greek hero in the game. The former because she is a famed runner and huntress, and the latter rides on a mythical mount.
• Taken for Granite: Perseus's special ability uses Medusa's head to turn an enemy unit to stone, instantly killing them.

Physician/Hippocrates

Cost: 60 food, 40 gold

Availablility: Classical Age

Trained at: Town Center (from Tales of the Dragon onwards)

Upgrades: HP +10% upon advancing an Age, Healing rate +25% upon advancing to Heroic and Mythic Age, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%

God-specific upgrades:

Zeus: Olympic Parentage ^note Town Center/Temple, HP +25%

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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• Hero Unit: Like the other Greek heroes, he only has 1 build limit but can pick up relics.
• Historical Domain Character: Unlike all other Greek heroes who are based of characters from myth who may or may not have been based off real figures, Hippocrates was a real figure who founded a lot of principles of modern medicine.
• Non-Action Guy: Hippocrates is completely incapable of attacking, when even Priests and Monks can fight back. This makes sense given the Hippocratic Oath is "First, do no harm."

Trireme

Cost: 100 wood, 50 gold

Availability: Classical Age

Trained at: Dock

Upgrades: Arrow Ship Cladding^note Dock, HP +20%, attack +10%, range +4, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%, Burning Pitch^note Armory/Dwarven Foundry, attack +15%, attack vs. buildings +300%, Conscript Sailors^note Dock, training time -20%, Heroic Fleet^note Dock by having the Expansion Pack The Titans, attack vs. Myth Units +50%.

God-specific upgrades:

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Artemis: Trierarch^note Dock, Crush attack vulnerability -20%

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Pentekonter

Cost: 100 wood, 50 gold

Availability: Heroic Age

Trained at: Dock

Upgrades: Reinforced Ram^note Dock, HP +10, attack +10, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -15%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -15%, Conscript Sailors^note Dock, training time -20%, Heroic Fleet^note Dock by having the Expansion Pack The Titans, attack vs. Myth Units +250%.

God-specific upgrades:

Dionysus: Anastrophe^note Dock, attack +20%, speed +10%, training time -25%, Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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Juggernaut

Cost: 100 wood, 100 gold

Availability: Heroic Age

Trained at: Dock

Upgrades: Naval Oxybeles^note Dock, HP +10, range +12, line of sight +12, attack vs. buildings +200%, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -15%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -15%, Conscript Sailors^note Dock, training time -20%, Heroic Fleet^note Dock by having the Expansion Pack The Titans, attack vs. Myth Units +250%.

God-specific upgrades:

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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Pegasus

Cost: 50 food, 2 favor

Availability: Archaic Age

Trained at: Temple

God-specific bonuses:

Kronos: Speed +10%

God-specific upgrades:

Hermes: Winged Messenger ^note Temple, training time -50%, remove food cost, LOS +6

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Bragi: Thurisaz Rune ^note Temple, speed +12%

Atlas: Eyes of Atlus ^note Temple, LOS +9

Hekate: Mythic Rejuvenation ^note Temple, regenerate at 2.0 HP per second.

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• Army Scout: The Pegasus replaces the Kataskopos as the Greek's scouting unit in any later point of the game. Since it can fly, it can easily track enemy armies from an unreachable spot and reach bases cut off by terrain.
• Pegasus: The Pegasus is a Greek myth unit that can be produced as sooner as Archaic Age. The Pegasus lacks any offensive capability, but it can fly, making it a good scout when your Kataskopos dies.
• Randomly Generated Loot: It is possible for non-Greek players to obtain a Pegasus through the Bridle of Pegasus relic. As the result, it is the only Greek myth unit that benefits from non-Greek bonuses and technologies.

Hoplite

Cost: 50 food, 40 gold

Availability: Classical Age

Trained at: Military Academy

God-specific bonuses:

Zeus: Speed +12%, attack vs. buildings +100%

Upgrades: Medium Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades to Medium Hoplite who have +10% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Heavy Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades Medium to Heavy Hoplite who have +15% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Champion Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades Heavy to Champion Hoplite who have +20% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%, Levy Infantry/Conscript Infantry^note Military Academy, training time -20%.

God-specific upgrades:

Athena: Sarissa ^note Military Academy/Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Aegis Shield ^note Military Academy/Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%

Ares: Phobos' Spear of Panic ^note Military Academy/Armory, attack +10%

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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• Anti-Cavalry: Hoplites soft-counter cavalry due to their high hack armor and cavalry's low hack armor.
• Shield Bash: One of the Hoplite's attack animation involve swinging his shield.

Hypaspist

Cost: 60 food, 25 gold

Availability: Heroic Age

Trained at: Military Academy

God-specific bonuses:

Zeus: Attack vs. buildings +100%

Upgrades: Medium Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades to Medium Hypaspist who have +10% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Heavy Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades Medium to Heavy Hypaspist who have +15% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Champion Infantry^note Military Academy, upgrades Heavy to Champion Hypaspist who have +20% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%, Levy Infantry/Conscript Infantry^note Military Academy, training time -20%.

God-specific upgrades:

Athena: Aegis Shield ^note Military Academy/Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%

Ares: Deimos' Sword of Dread ^note Military Academy/Armory, attack +15%

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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• Anti-Infantry: Hypaspists deal 275% bonus damage to infantry, including Norse heroes.
• Crippling Overspecialization: Hypaspists are anti-infantry specialists, and are cost-ineffective against cavalry and very vulnerable to ranged units due to their poor pierce armor.

Toxotes

Cost: 55 wood, 35 gold

Availability: Classical Age

Trained at: Archery Range

God-specific bonuses:

Hades: Attack +10%

Upgrades: Medium Archers^note Archery Range, upgrades to Medium Toxotes who have +10% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Heavy Archers^note Archery Range, upgrades Medium to Heavy Toxotes who have +15% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Champion Archers^note Archery Range, upgrades Heavy to Champion Toxotes who have +20% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%, Levy Archers/Conscript Archers^note Archery Range, training time -20%, Burning Pitch^note Armory, attack vs. buildings +300%, attack vs. ships +50%.

God-specific upgrades:

Ares: Enyo's Bow of Horror ^note Archery Range/Armory, attack +10%

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Sun Ray ^note Archery Range/Armory, attack +10%, Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Artemis: Shafts of Plague ^note Archery Range/Armory, attack +20%

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Peltast

Cost: 60 wood, 20 gold

Availability: Heroic Age

Trained at: Archery Range

God-specific bonuses:

Hades: Attack +10%

Upgrades: Medium Archers^note Archery Range, upgrades to Medium Peltast who have +10% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Heavy Archers^note Archery Range, upgrades Medium to Heavy Peltast who have +15% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Champion Archers^note Archery Range, upgrades Heavy to Champion Peltast who have +20% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%, Levy Archers/Conscript Archers^note Archery Range, training time -20%, Burning Pitch^note Armory, attack vs. buildings +300%, attack vs. ships +50%.

God-specific upgrades:

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Sun Ray ^note Archery Range/Armory, attack +10%, Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

Artemis: Shafts of Plague ^note Archery Range/Armory, attack +20%

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• Crippling Overspecialization: Peltasts are strong against other ranged attackers and weak against everything else.
• Javelin Thrower: Similar to Skirmishers in Age of Empires II, the Peltasts are javelin throwers that excel at countering archer units.

Hippikon

Cost: 40 food, 80 gold

Availability: Classical Age

Trained at: Stable

God-specific bonuses:

Poseidon: Food and Gold cost -10%

Upgrades: Medium Cavalry^note Archery Range, upgrades to Medium Hippikon who have +10% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Heavy Cavalry^note Archery Range, upgrades Medium to Heavy Hippikon who have +15% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Champion Cavalry^note Archery Range, upgrades Heavy to Champion Hippikon who have +20% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%, Levy Cavalry/Conscript Cavalry^note Stable, training time -20%.

God-specific upgrades:

Poseidon: Lord of Horses ^note Stable, LOS +4

Hermes: Spirited Charge ^note Stable, speed and attack +10%

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%, Thracian Horses ^note Stable, HP +20%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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Prodromos

Cost: 70 food, 40 gold

Availability: Heroic Age

Trained at: Stable

God-specific bonuses:

Poseidon: Food and Gold cost -10%

Upgrades: Medium Cavalry^note Archery Range, upgrades to Medium Prodromos who have +10% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Heavy Cavalry^note Archery Range, upgrades Medium to Heavy Prodromos who have +15% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Champion Cavalry^note Archery Range, upgrades Heavy to Champion Prodromos who have +20% HP, +10% Attack and +1 LOS, Copper Weapons/Bronze Weapons/Iron Weapons^note Armory, attack +10%, Copper Mail/Bronze Mail/Iron Mail^note Armory, Hack attack vulnerability -10%, Copper Shields/Bronze Shields/Iron Shields^note Armory, Pierce attack vulnerability -10%, Levy Cavalry/Conscript Cavalry^note Stable, training time -20%.

God-specific upgrades:

Poseidon: Lord of Horses ^note Stable, LOS +4

Hermes: Spirited Charge ^note Stable, speed and attack +10%

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%, Thracian Horses ^note Stable, HP +20%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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• Anti-Cavalry: Prodromoi deal triple damage to cavalry, allowing them to beat all other cavalry units except the War Elephant.
• Jousting Lance: In contrast to the sword-wielding Hippokons, the Prodromos wield lances to counter cavalry.

Petrobolos

Cost: 150 wood, 200 gold

Availability: Heroic Age

Trained at: Fortress

Upgrades: Draft Horses^note Fortress, movement speed +20%, Engineers^note Fortress, attack +25%, attack vs. walls and gates +100%, range +2.

God-specific upgrades:

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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• Siege Engines: The Petrobolos is a catapult that throws multiple small rocks at once and is strong against buildings.

Helepolis

Cost: 300 wood, 200 gold

Availability: Mythic Age

Trained at: Fortress

Upgrades: Draft Horses^note Fortress, movement speed +20%, Engineers^note Fortress, attack +25%, attack vs. walls and gates +100%, range +2.

God-specific upgrades:

Dionysus: Bacchanalia ^note Temple, HP +5%

Apollo: Oracle ^note Temple, LOS +6

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• Awesome Personnel Carrier: The Helepolis can carry non-mounted, non-mythic units, which helps protect these units while increasing the Helepolis' damage.

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