Hellenistic culture contained contradictions. While Hellenistic philosophy tended to value individual character, thought, and decision making, Hellenistic practices sometimes devalued individuals. Identify each aspect of Hellenistic culture as valuing or devaluing its individuals

Hellenistic oppression respected the behavior, thinking, and judgment-making of a chosen few and at the cost of a multitude of depreciated enslaved who have been bought as objects and unable to practice substantial independent decision-making.

Popular culture discarded differentiated local subjects in favor of stock characters and generic themes in order to appeal to diverse viewers across the Hellenistic sphere.