> Was Ancient Greece or Hellenistic Greece more influential on the modern world?

This is a simple problem that can be solved from a mathematical perspective.

Ancient Greece influenced Hellenistic Greece, for one, which means that Hellenistic influence is contributed somewhat by Ancient influence. This tells us that Hellenistic Greece includes the same influence as Ancient Greece. So in mathematical terms, we have just proven that the Hellenistic influence is a superset of Ancient Greece's influence. The final step is to prove that it is a strict superset of the latter. This can be done by…