Don't worry, that there was no one person who helps us understand the pronunciation of Ancient Greek (thus removing the straw man that people attempt to knock down), that said pronunciation does differ from modern Greek, and that "hoplon" and other words are still in contention, is not a threat to modern Greece or its culture.

We avoid the whole issue of a modern nation trying to artificially create closer cultural ties to the past (when those ties are already very strong, with no need to make them stronger) by taking an impassionate, academic approach to understanding the real, actual difference in pronunciation and development of ancient Greek, rather than an emotional, political one preferred by some people who examine the past. In this, distance from the language is a benefit, not a drawback, as it allows an objective look rather than a subjective one.