Najbolji opis sadasnje Grcke nacije,nastale 1836 god.mjesavinom raznih naroda,na bazi ortodoxne religije je dao grcki historicar Nikos Dimou:'' We used to speak Albanian and call ourselves Romans, but then Winckelmann, Goethe, Victor Hugo, Delacroix, they all told us, ‘No, you are Hellenes, direct descendants of Plato and Socrates,’ and that did it. If a small, poor nation has such a burden put on its shoulders, it will never recover.''