How Did Greek Influence Greek Culture

Looks like we both are interested in the Greek influences. It’s interesting how much influence the Greek culture had and what has become of it since the BCE era. Their empires and kingdoms are still being discovered by excavation through professional Archeologist. (The word “Hellenistic” comes from the word Hellazein, which means “to speak Greek or identify with the Greeks.” All their fighting made it easy for another, previously unexceptional city-state to rise to power. Alexander’s empire was a fragile one, not destined to survive for long. After he died in 323 B.C., his generals (known as the Diadochoi) divided his conquered lands amongst themselves.