I have the same experience. Growing up in Greek schools, we learn early about our 'great ancestors', but every depiction is with rose coloured glasses. We are

I have the same experience. Growing up in Greek schools, we learn early about our 'great ancestors', but every depiction is with rose coloured glasses. We are not taught about the atrocities of our ancestors and how the Greece the 'mother of all cultures' was infact filled with traitors and slavery, especially Athens. Our 'great' past is ,beat, almost literally into our heads. We named one of the worst warlords in history 'Great' and instead of talking about the slavery and death he brought, we call it 'liberation of the barbarians', with 'barbarians' meaning all who are not greeks (::winky face::). When it came to the Romans, we were still the winners because conquered them with our culture. The worst of all is that this becomes so ingrown, even in young people, that for many it becomes a corner-store of their identity; any critical discussion is met with attacks because it literally shakes the foundation of their world.