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I came up with some really good names for my gods:  Xenokrates, Akakios, Tisiphone, Parmodius, Alkaios, Haemon, Philomena, Theodosia, Eukleides, Hesiodos, Kyriakos, and Glycon

I realise Akakios and Alkaios are very similar, they are related :D

just include the greeks penchant for heroes and demigods...and meddling...

Also make sure all your myths sound like soup-operas or big-budget action flicks.

soup operas?

I heard from an ancient history teacher that Helen of Troy was actually a symbolic representation of the Mediterranean territory given by the gods, and her abduction was an invasion to take away that gift from the gods. Greeks wouldnt allow this.

War.

I think there is a DnD 3.5 source about deities and they set their version of the Greek pantheon giving all the gods domains, stats, traits and what not. Maybe you can give it a peek.

I would like to know any ideas you may have about philosophers and the most predominant schools of thought in Rhodos.

Quote from: Gnome NachosI need a name for the Rome-Country, any suggestions?

Since you had no problems with using the name of a real Greek island for your setting, might as well go for something equally obvious.

According to myth, Roma was founded by brothers Romulus and Remus, and named after the former. Your country could be named Remus, or some variation of it.

Quote from: Ghostman2nd Suggestion: PC races have different flavours, inspired by greeks and neighbouring classical cultures

This will make the races seem more obviously different from each other, but one of them will have to be the focus while the others represent more or less foreign cultures. For a nice twist you could represent one of the non-humans as the most greek-inspired race and the one whose lands the campaign takes place in. For example, halflings could be greek-flavoured, dwarves roman-flavoured, gnomes persian-flavoured and elves egyptian-flavoured. Humans could be celtic or something.

Personally, i vote the elves should be the persian-ish invaders :D that would be awesome.
But unless "persians" live in the Wild-lands i'm not really sure how to fit them into the world...
Still.

Gnomes would be much more interesting in that role. I mean, how often do you hear about a great and prosperous gnome-empire that sends forth mighty hosts to bring all lands under the illustrious auspices of it's eminent sovereign?

And 'sides, elves dressed like egyptians would look awesome.

Im not sure about elves as the egyptians but I know Im not being impartial there. Maybe drows? How would it be if egyptians had a stronger hmm war-force?

I like the gnome empire idea. Indeed its something you dont hear too often.

Hey Ghostman, that's something I hadn't thought about when I came up with the name Rhodos. It's very similar to Rhodes. I remember getting the name from a list of ancient cities. Rhodos is also the name of a son of Hermes and Aphrodite, although nothing else is said about him in Wikipedia.

It's also the closest transliteration of the Greek name to the Latin alphabet. The English language swaps the last O for an E for some reason. Actually, English seems to do lots of weird things to classical names in general.

For a great fantasy reference in ancient greece give the book Latro In the Mist a read. I would personally diminish the role of mst dnd humanoid races. Elves could fit as dryad-esque creatures. Centaur, Minotaurs etc. i'd amp them up in importance...