Where is Kyrene

[Mujalumbo]

I've thought about that, too. Can you just bribe the city?

If you're in the area, you might wanna take Sardis and Ipsos off the Seleukids, and "liberate" Pergamon from the Elutheroi, and take Nikomedia (from Pontos, who seem to inevitibly go after it). As long as you can hold 'em long enough to build Mines +1, cash should NOT be a concern...

I played a KH campaign where I abandoned Greece and relocated to Byzantium. Got a bit dicey as I waited to get back in the black, and for a while, I was fending off the Makedonians with psiloi and mercenary hoplites, but it was worth it as I had a fantastic starting position to take the aforementioned cities, go about mining to fund my dynasts eventual triumphant return and liberation of the homeland from those mangy Makedonian dogs...

edit: There's a pirate fleet floating around somewhere. And a Makedonian fleet. 7 times out of 10, you can beat the Makedonian one, but the pirates will "Arrr, Matey" your boats to the depths. Might wanna land your men near Byzantium and foot it in from there. That's if you're interested in relocating to Byzantium for your Konion Hellenon opening moves. If not... move along, nothing to see here. Move along.