Actually, that statement is a red flag, because Aryan/Indo-Iranian constitutes a single language family of Indo-European culture, among which Greeks and Romans do not belong. Indo-Iranian culture is much underrecognized in influence, as with all steppe culture.
"We must also take a brief glance at that most loaded of Indo-European words- Aryan. As an ethnic designation, the word is most properly limited to the Indo-Iranians, and mostly justly to the latter where it still gives its name to the country Iran (from the Avestan genitive plural aryanam through later Iranian eran to iran). The great Persian king Darius described himself as Aryan. The term was also used widely in India where it referred to one who was a a member of the community"(Mallory 126). In Search of the Indo-Europeans
There is no relationship between race theory and Aryan just because Hitler and other mentally deficient individuals ruined the word with propoganda and pseudo-science, much like the swastika. India still uses the swastika, because it represents a sun and they don't have to worry about BS concerning PC or sensibility. Really, the swastika is a cool symbol... the arms of the sun are much like spokes on a wagon wheel, important Indo-European concepts.
Semi-similary, Germans were Arian in religion and it has nothing to do with Aryan, despite its apparent similarity.
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