https://theoutline.com/post/2843/hellenism-legalized-greece?zd=3
Probably understandable because the ancient times are considered a golden age. Of course, these folks forget that most everyone lived in a situation where everyone was just this side of disaster. Life could be brutish and short.
Now if the Italians embrace Mithras, the Roman soldier god of duty and fidelity, then a real sea change would be underway.
interesting...
I remember an article in the Stars & Stripes newspaper back in Germany in the 80s about US soldiers who were "proud pagans" and were fighting against the Army's characterization of them as "atheist" just b/c they believed in Hellenistic gods.