Greek units

Hero - Detailed information
Each Greek civilization has a unique hero in each age, making a total of four. (Five with Poseidon's naval hero.) You can only build one of each hero at any time, but they are far stronger than Norse Hersir or Egyptian Priests, and if killed you can retrain them. Heroes can carry relics and they counter myth units.









Villager - Detailed information
Villagers are essential to gathering resources that will fund your army, and building structures to expand your empire. A strong empire has many villagers. In times of emergency, villagers are able fighters, but they are best left to what they do well - gathering resources and constructing buildings.






Hoplite - Detailed information
Hoplites are the basic Greek infantry unit. They are very tough compared to other infantry, but also fairly slow. Hoplites are good against cavalry and other melee units.







Toxotes - Detailed information
Toxotes are the basic greek ranged unit. They are good against infantry.







Hippikon - Detailed information
Hippikons are the basic Greek cavalry unit. They are fast and very tough, but also expensive. Hippikons are good against archers.







Hypaspist - Detailed information
The Hypaspist is the Greek infantry counter. It is very powerful against other infantry, but nothing else.





Peltast - Detailed information
The Peltast is the Greek archer counter. It is long ranged, and very powerful against other archers, but nothing else. Peltasts are also useful against Throwing Axemen, but not so much so as against archers.






Prodromos - Detailed information
The Prodromos is Greek cavalry counter. It is fast and fairly tough, and very powerful against cavalry, but nothing else.






Myrmidon - Detailed information
Unique to Zeus. The Myrmidon is an elite Greek infantry unit with a bonus against all Norse and Egyptian units. Like regular infantry, it is best used against cavalry and other melee units.








Hetairoi - Detailed information
Unique to Poseidon. The Hetairoi is a cavalry unit that does additional damage to buildings. Like regular cavalry, it is also effective against archers and siege weapons.







Gastraphetes - Detailed information
Unique to Hades. The Gastraphetes is a very long ranged archer. Like regular archers, it is good against infantry, but its unique attribute is its strength against buildings, making it something of a siege weapon.






Petrobolos - Detailed information
Unlike the Norse and Egyptians, who have only a melee siege weapon in the Heroic age, the Greeks have the long ranged Petrobolos. However, the Petrebolos - while longer ranged - is inferior in its ability to bring down buildings.






Helepolis - Detailed information
The Helepolis is the most powerful siege weapon in the game, both in terms of how much damage it can take, and how much damage it dishes out. However, it is slow, short ranged and expensive. Five units can garrison inside the Helepolis.







Caravan - Detailed information
Caravans gather gold by making a trip between a market and a friendly town center. They are a good way of gaining gold once you have exhausted your gold mines.






Fishing Boat - Detailed information
Fishing Boats gather food from fish patches in the ocean. Like farms, fish patches are infinite, but only one fish boat can use one fish patch. Fishing is a cheaper (and once you get the two upgrades for it, much faster) source of food than farming, but harder to defend from enemies.






Transport Ship - Detailed information
Transport ships carry land units over water. They are easily destroyed if not escorted by friendly units, and will lose their precious cargo if sunk.







Trireme - Detailed information
The Trireme is the Greek arrow type ship, and the most basic Greek naval unit. It counters ramming ships.







Pentekonter - Detailed information
The Pentekonter is the Greek ramming type ship, and counters siege ships. Ramming ships are also good against naval myth units.





Juggernaut - Detailed information
The Juggernaut is the Greek siege type ship. It not only counters arrow ships but is also effective at taking out shoreline fortifications due to its long range and high attack. (Towers and Fortresses still do bonus damage to it, however - and the Juggernaut cannot outrange defensive structures until it is upgraded into the Siege Juggernaut in the Mythic Age.)








Kataskopos (Scout Cavalry) - Detailed information
The Kataskopos is a unit that the Greek civilizations start the game with. It doesn't upgrade, and can't be replaced if killed. It is typically used for scouting, since it is not very good for combat.





Militia - Detailed information
When Poseidon's buildings are destroyed by enemy units, Militia are created from the rubble. The more expensive the building, the more Militia created. Militia are reasonably powerful melee units, which benefit from the same upgrades as normal units.






Shade - Detailed information
When Hades' human soldiers are killed, there is a 20% chance that a shade will appear at the player's temple. Shades are fairly weak melee units, and do not benefit from any upgrades - however they get more powerful as you advance ages.