Welcome everyone. Originally the next Ping File story would be coming but then I got the idea of for this by having OC Venus Kellerman having been raised in Japanese cultures. Enjoy and review.
Greek
Basil Hagen was German-Irish on his father's side but on his mother's side he was Greek-Italian. Of all of his ancestors, Basil held the ancient Greeks in the highest regards and would overlook things such as their bloodlust, their looking down on all non-Greeks as hedonistic barbarians and well as their treating women as only good for childbearing and slaves to passion. When one of those was brought up, he would briefly become uncomfortable. Basil was a good guy but he was far from perfect with him putting the Greeks on antiquity being one of his flaws.
Basil's opinion of the Greeks' influence upon the Romans was one thing he was immensely proud of. The heavy influence upon the mythology was something he loved greatly. If not for the Romans the tales of Heracles, or Hercules as they had called him, would have faded into obscurity outside of Greece.
"So what is your opinion of the ancient Greek having had a thing for Egypt and Phoenicia?" asked Cam Martinez, a friend of Basil, one morning as they walked together.
"Huh?" asked Basil in response. He wasn't exactly sure what Cam was talking about.
"How the Greeks borrowed the math, philosophy, science, religion, writing and some customs." Elaborated Cam.
"Pick one example." Requested Basil.
"Okay, how about the Dionysia?" asked Cam. "It was probably based on an Egyptian festival dedicated to Osiris."
"Egypt and Greece are rather close to another, Dionysus and Osiris are both fertility and agriculture gods who were dismembered and brought back to life, don't you think it is possible that neighbors can influence each other in some way?" asked Basil.
"Okay then, how about Naucratis?" asked Cam.
"What about Naucratis?"
"The Pharaoh Amasis II was partial to the Greeks and knew how much they loved Egypt that Amasis gave the city of Naucratis, which was much smaller initially."
"Naucratis was inhabited by Greeks, Phoenicians and native Egyptians prior to Aamasis giving it to the Greeks. He was just giving it to the people of that city that had served him best." Replied Basil.
"What about Alexander the Great conquering Egypt?" asked Cam.
"He only conquered Egypt because the Persian king Darius was ruling it!" exclaimed Basil. "By conquering Persia he conquered Egypt! I will hear no more of this! Change the subject!"