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Greeks call themselves Hellenes after their reputed founder Helen.

Today we call the culture introduced by Alexander the great and his successors Hellenistic - it was imposed on non-Greeks of Alexander's empire.

It gained traction with some of the upper classes and provided a veneer of Hellenic culture (the lower classes kept to their own culture. Hence use of the expression Hellenistic - like Hellenic.

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