The Romans absorbed a ridiculous amount of Greek culture and also founded London 2000 years ago. Virtually everyone of high education from the English speaking countries and their cultural parents were at least aware of the Greek epics, if not educated with them. The White House looks like a Greek temple for gods sake.
Greek culture is everywhere in the English speaking world, they are very much one of the primary influential ancestors of our culture in a way that it absolutely is not in the Chinese speaking world.
The Romans saw themselves as the real life continuity of Greek mythology, specifically as a result of the events of the Iliad by way of the Aenid. Which indicates the same for Roman Britain / London. In addition to the mythology indicating the same for Britain. If you query the right people who have it as part of their culture to track historical continuity, they will point out the relevant structural parallels between Ancient Rome and the USA (and therefore between Ancient Greece and the USA).
Greek culture is everywhere in the English speaking world, they are very much one of the primary influential ancestors of our culture in a way that it absolutely is not in the Chinese speaking world.