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YYA, yes,
one aspect is that those who involved in relationships with non-Jews need that. So, the charedi government of Israel will need that. Also, we are all using “greek” technology (not just machines and computers, but politics and democracy, all greek words).
Note also that prohibition is also based on a historical episode with two brothers fighting for the kingdom ending up with Romans/Pompeo getting control. This was definitely not the moment to admire roman culture.
But there is also ambiguity of our attitude towards greeks. What I remember from the discussion that this contradiction may be explained by different aspect of greek culture, and probably roman also. Rambam, and the whole science, for thousand+ years were following Aristotle, Pythagorean theorem is still true. Adrianus was a friend of R Yehudah … Thanks for reminding of this sugya, I’ll look at it again.
