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the age of gods and heroes
By Jon F. Zeigler
Edited by Susan Pinsonneault
Cover by Jeff Koke
Illustrated by Jean Martin and Shea Ryan
GURPS System Design by Steve Jackson
Andrew Hackard, Managing Editor
Sean Punch, GURPS Line Editor
Page Layout and Typography by
Susan Pinsonneault and Jeff Koke
Interior and Color Production by Jeff Koke
and Rick Martin
Proofreading by Spike Y Jones
Print Buying by Monica Stephens
Art Direction by Lillian Butler
Cartography by Shea Ryan
Ross Jepson, Sales Manager
Playtesters: The College Park Immortals (Mike Colton, Brian Davis, Eric DeBlackmere, Mike DeSanto, Bill Frye,
David Hixon, Rick Keefer, Sean Mahaffy, Denis McElligott, Mary Melchior, John Robison, Jose Tenembaum, and Paul Wolf);
Sean Barrett, Dr. Jon C. Billigmeier, Drew Bittner, Mandi Bornstein, Sherri Castonguay, Martin Fryc, Robert Gilson,
Jonas Karlsson, Eric Kunze, Christine Morgan,Virginia L. Nelson, Craig A. Ongley, David Scott
Cover image based on a Greek frieze: Zeus, armed with a thunderbolt, fighting serpent-legged giants.
Map on p. 12 after Women in the Classical World: Images and Text, Elaine Fantham, et al., 1994. Map on p. 9 after
How the Greeks Built Cities, R.E. Wycherley, 1962. All other maps after Atlas of the Greek World, Peter Levi, 1984.
Special Thanks for Assistance with Editing and Research: Lynne K. Zeigler
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INTRODUCTION.......................4
About GURPS ...........................4
Achaeans, Hellenes
or Greeks?............................5
1. LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE....6
The City-State ...........................7
The Hellenic Homeland ............7
Attica.....................................8
City Layout ...........................8
The Aegean and Asia Minor......9
Sicily and Italy ........................10
City Government.................11
Climate, Agriculture
and Diet..............................11
Administration and Public
Works ..............................12
A Typical Greek Home ............12
Crime and Punishment ........13
Going on Trial.........................13
Life in the City ....................14
Ostracism ................................14
A Campaign Slogan
Backfires.............................14
Types of Government...............15
The Great Festivals .................16
Tech Level................................17
Greek Society..........................18
The Family ..........................18
The Olympic Games ................18
Social Associations .............20
Poverty ....................................20
Hellenic Superiority ................21
Greek Ideals ............................22
Social Classes......................23
Homosexuality.........................24
2. THE HEROIC AGE ..............25
Mycenaean Greece..................26
Mycenae ..............................26
Minoan Crete ..........................26
The Dark Ages ....................27
King Minos..............................27
The Heroic World....................28
The Hero-King ....................28
Atlantis ....................................28
History Behind the Myths........29
The Lower Classes ..............30
The Heroic Myths ...................31
Perseus ................................31
The Amazons ...........................31
Heracles ..................................32
Heroic Women .........................33
Jason .......................................35
Oedipus ...................................36
Theseus....................................37
Semi-Historical Creatures ......38
The Trojan War .......................39
Castor and Polydeuces............39
Bellerophon .............................39
The Siege of Troy ...............40
Orpheus...................................40
The Wrath of Achilles.........41
Odysseus .................................41
The Children of Heracles ........41
The End of the War .............42
Odysseus .............................42
The Seven Against Thebes.......42
The Atreidae........................43
The End of the Heroic Age .....43
The Family of Pelops...............43
Heroic Age Timeline...............44
3. CLASSICAL GREECE............46
The Early Classical Period......47
The Dark Ages End.............47
How Colonies
Were Founded.....................47
The Age of Tyranny ............48
Sparta ......................................48
Classical Greece......................50
The Democratic
Revolution.......................50
Thebes .....................................50
The Persian Wars ................51
Pindar .....................................51
Corinth ....................................53
The Age of Pericles.............54
Syracuse ..................................54
The Phoenicians......................55
The Persians ............................56
The Peloponnesian War ......57
Alcibiades................................58
The Struggles
for Supremacy .................59
The Rise of Macedon ..............60
Philip of Macedon...............60
Typical Military Units .............60
Alexander the Great ............62
Xenophon and the
Ten Thousand .......................62
Xenophon ................................63
Historical Timeline .................64
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Centaurs ............................102
Giants ................................102
Nymphs .............................103
Satyrs.................................104
7. THE WINE-DARK SEA....105
Ship Types.............................106
The Trireme.......................106
Sample Ships .........................106
Trireme (TL2) ........................106
Other Warships..................107
Penteconter (TL2) .................107
Merchant Vessels ..............108
Homeric Galley (TL1) ...........108
Shipboard Life ......................109
The Sailing Season............109
Food and Quarters.............109
Ports of Call ......................109
Large Merchant Ship (TL2)...109
Travel Times......................110
Ship Combat..........................110
Small Merchant Ship (TL2) ...110
Tactics................................111
Two Misconceptions..............112
8. CAMPAIGNS.....................113
Campaign Styles ...................114
The Realistic Campaign ....114
High-Powered Campaigns ....114
The Realistic Fantasy
Campaign ......................115
The Fantastic Campaign....115
The Mythic Campaign ......116
Campaign Settings ................116
Adventure Seeds ....................116
Time Travel to Hellas........117
Campaign Crossovers ...........118
Campaign Themes.................119
Citizens..............................119
Statesmen ..........................120
Soldiers .............................120
Traders ..............................121
Explorers ...........................121
Repeating Themes .................121
Tourists..............................122
The Epic Quest..................122
Inspirational Reading ...........122
Glossary............................123
Bibliography ..................125
Index...................................127
4. CHARACTERS ....................66
Character Types ......................67
Female Characters...............71
Appearance .............................71
Physical Appearance ...........71
Clothing...............................71
Names .....................................72
Advantages, Disadvantages
and Skills.............................72
Advantages..............................72
New Advantage...................73
Disadvantages .........................73
Skills .......................................74
Social Status............................75
Wealth and Economics............75
Money .................................75
Starting Wealth....................76
Job Table .............................76
Weapons and Armor............77
Equipment List....................78
5. RELIGION AND MAGIC ....79
The Gods on Olympus ............80
Zeus.....................................80
The Titans................................80
Hera.....................................81
Poseidon ..............................81
How to Play the Gods .............81
Apollo .................................82
Artemis................................82
The Dionysian Cult .................82
Athena .................................83
Lesser Olympians................83
The Mysteries at Eleusis .........83
Minor Gods .............................84
Olympian Cults ...................85
Asclepius .................................85
Angering the Gods ..................86
The Chthonioi .........................87
Gaea ....................................87
Hades and Persephone ........87
Lesser Chthonioi .................87
The Underworld ......................87
Chthonic Cults ....................88
Philosophy...............................88
Pre-Socratic Philosophy......88
Heroic Cults ............................88
Imported Cults ........................89
Classical Philosophy ...........90
Socrates...................................90
Magic ......................................91
Omens and Divination ........91
Medea......................................91
Other Common Magics.......92
Mana Levels and Spell Lists ...92
Magic Items ........................94
Clerical Magic ........................94
Magical Treasure ....................95
6. BESTIARY ...........................96
Natural Beasts .........................97
Boar.....................................97
Bull......................................97
Horse ...................................97
Lion .....................................97
Beastly Monsters.....................97
Stymphalian Birds...............97
Calydonian Boar .................97
Cretan Bull ..........................98
Diomedean Horse................98
Nemean Lion.......................98
Pegasus................................98
How to Create Natural
Monsters..........................99
Mythical Beasts and
Monsters..............................99
Cerberus ..............................99
Chimera...............................99
Empusa................................99
Harpy.................................100
Lernaean Hydra.................100
Medusa ..............................100
Minotaur............................100
Python ...............................101
Scylla.................................101
Siren ..................................101
Sphinx ...............................102
Nonhuman Races ..................102
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