You don't get WW in Monarchy so them re-taking cities isn't a big deal. But I understand what you are getting at. What VC are we going for Conquest, Domination, or Histograph
I have a samauri or two that I'm sending to the Greeks. I don't think that they'll be too much of a concern. They likely will likely have cavs if we wait too long. I might send a few sammies down there to pillage and burn a random city or two. I have two boats full and a few more that are about to be loaded up. I'll start sending my forces south. Whomp and Regent can finish the north then come help me out with the Geeks.
I could use some help on the worker front, but it's not dire. I have about 6 tiles of jungle left but my pop is working fully improved tiles. So it's not that big of a deal. You might want to take them over to the other continent to increase the pop of some of the cities over there.