No its an evolution...first the right to vote...giving the power to the people
then the freedoms, human rights, etc....
that is why a Jew is more free to practice his religion in the west than countries like Pakistan or Saudi Arabia
It can't be an evolution when we're talking about the movement of democracy across different empires/civilizations. Whereas there is no doubt the modern industrialized West had romanticized Hellenic culture, it itself is not a product of it.