Villagers form the basis of your economy. Make sure you have enough Villagers to generate a steady inflow of resources, but remember they are weak in combat. Task a Greek Villager on a <link="proto:Temple">Temple</link> to generate <link="topic:Favor">Favor</link>.

A mixture of freemen and slaves performed the bulk of the food production and other labor in the lands surrounding the Aegean Sea that constituted ancient Greece. Because the land here was not rich for agriculture, the typical freemen villager became adept at a variety of crafts and was a more independent thinker than more docile peasants elsewhere. Freemen Greek villagers also were the bulk of the Greek soldiery, the best in the world at the time, and were at the forefront of Greek expansion through colonization and trade.