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As the Greeks, I've done it both ways:
1) Build Colossus right away, and use its extra research power to get to Literature earlier, and using a barracks to lead into the Great Library. Barracks is not much of a start, but it does save a handful of building turns, plus the early arrival to Lit starts building the GL a few turns earlier.
2) Postpone Colossus so it is sure to lead into the Great Library. This gives a better chance of beating the AI to the GL, but diminishes chances for the Colossus later.
On standard maps with 7 AI, I prioritize the GL, since it helps the most in the early game. A lot also depends on the commerce and shield potential of the city.
Until you built the GL with the Persians, I would have thought that the Greeks provided the only reasonable chance, but in my game using your start I managed to do it. I did start Colossus first, but switched to the Pyramids when I noticed the AI were researching pretty fast and that the GL would have to be almost done by the time I got Literature. Having the bigger capacity of the Pyramids, plus fast workers, definitely makes the Persians a viable civ choice, but I think there is a better chance for both Colossus and GL using the Greeks. With the Persians, there's a definite danger an AI will build the Pyramids before you can learn Literature, too.
I have a start posted above using a standard map, but only 4 civs, where the Greeks can easily build both wonders. The one you provided is a dream come true and the best I've found so far on a standard map. I have some other decent ones where I failed, but will look and attach them when I get a chance. It would be nice to set up a collection of good OCC starts as was done so well by Paul in CivII.
Currently, with your start, I have the GL, Copernicus, Newton's and have just finished Theory of Evolution, which the French were also building. They have been researching techs very quickly in my game and it has been very difficult keeping up without the help of the Colossus. One thing for sure is that there is no time to dally when going for a vital wonder. EVERYTHING must focus on the next one coming up, or it will be missed, especially on bigger maps with more AI and their added competition. I will get back to finishing my game.
(edited above to substitute Pyramids, which I meant, for the Great Wall, which I didn't)
As the Greeks, I've done it both ways:
1) Build Colossus right away, and use its extra research power to get to Literature earlier, and using a barracks to lead into the Great Library. Barracks is not much of a start, but it does save a handful of building turns, plus the early arrival to Lit starts building the GL a few turns earlier.
2) Postpone Colossus so it is sure to lead into the Great Library. This gives a better chance of beating the AI to the GL, but diminishes chances for the Colossus later.
On standard maps with 7 AI, I prioritize the GL, since it helps the most in the early game. A lot also depends on the commerce and shield potential of the city.
Until you built the GL with the Persians, I would have thought that the Greeks provided the only reasonable chance, but in my game using your start I managed to do it. I did start Colossus first, but switched to the Pyramids when I noticed the AI were researching pretty fast and that the GL would have to be almost done by the time I got Literature. Having the bigger capacity of the Pyramids, plus fast workers, definitely makes the Persians a viable civ choice, but I think there is a better chance for both Colossus and GL using the Greeks. With the Persians, there's a definite danger an AI will build the Pyramids before you can learn Literature, too.
I have a start posted above using a standard map, but only 4 civs, where the Greeks can easily build both wonders. The one you provided is a dream come true and the best I've found so far on a standard map. I have some other decent ones where I failed, but will look and attach them when I get a chance. It would be nice to set up a collection of good OCC starts as was done so well by Paul in CivII.
Currently, with your start, I have the GL, Copernicus, Newton's and have just finished Theory of Evolution, which the French were also building. They have been researching techs very quickly in my game and it has been very difficult keeping up without the help of the Colossus. One thing for sure is that there is no time to dally when going for a vital wonder. EVERYTHING must focus on the next one coming up, or it will be missed, especially on bigger maps with more AI and their added competition. I will get back to finishing my game.
(edited above to substitute Pyramids, which I meant, for the Great Wall, which I didn't)
many of them have just disappeared though 
I am in my first game of civ3, and I'm totally romping the ai (I started on cheiftain, which was probably a mistake) anyway, good job, solo. I'm looking at a 1700's launch time. Resources must be inefficient to get from the AI in civ3 OCC.
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