Greeks have always been prickly and get a tad disgruntled when other groups have tried to knock you down. you are still here. they aren't.
Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
"Dic, hospes Spartae nos te hic vidisse iacentes,
Dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur."
Go tell the Spartans, thou who passeth by,
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie
i have borrowed that line to use in my signature on other fora, along with Μολὼν λαβέ
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greece is the fountainhead of western civilization and culture.