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I have Theros and as a classicist it just rubs me the wrong way. If you want a milieu based on mythical Greece then I urge you to find a copy of Hero Games Mythic Greece and adapt it for 5E.

Is this at all like The Folly from the Rivers of London series?

Yes, that feels good. That you can't use it yourself is actually a net positive: you can use it from safety. Sneak Attack with a melee weapon requires getting up and personal. In general, I like your ideas; I just think that they need a little toning down. If you were to base everything off...

I did indeed. I blame autocorrect.

It gets a feast at 10th level.

Only one of your attacks. And you get them before the BM. And you can spam them ad nausea. And you can use them in conjunction with BI and Increase Damage.

I think you should simplify Battlefield Insight - just have everyone start at 1d6 with a maximum number of dice equal to your Proficiency Bonus or levels in the class, whichever is lower. You can increase the die size at later levels, e.g 1d8 at 5th level. Improve Damage needs a bigger cost than...

If alignment isn't useful to you or relevant to your game, just toss it. Like they did in Xoth.

I remember a story in which stevedores had been replaced with undead and were causing trouble for the militia. The owners of the harbour were making money hand over fist - no wages to pay - until the necromancer controlling the undead revealed his other plans...

This is explored in the Navigators of Kulthea / Shadow World.

I really hope they reverse this. Rather, they should expand the use of the short rest by giving long-rest classes improved ability recovery on a short rest and diminished recovery on a long rest. For example see this.

Is one in a million (roughly) really so many? Remember that some of those will be liches and demiliches. Remember that many will be too far away, tied up in some potentate's court, exploring other planes, or otherwise inaccessible. Roman-era Britain had a population of about 3.5 million: are 3-4...

Upthread a Roman legion was mentioned. For me, the skirmishers would be levels 1-2, the legionaries level 2-3, centurions level 4-6, and the senior centurions levels 6-8. There would, of course, be the odd exception.

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For the fighter, ditch the Eldritch Knight. You can already do it in three ways: by being a fighter and taking the Magical Adept and Ritual Caster feats or by being a wizard and taking the various Armour Proficiency feats or by multiclassing.

Historically, guilds were very localised. For example the Worshipful Companies of the City of London, the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen, and the Schuola of Venice. They had widespread contacts, of course, and a Fishmonger from London could expect hospitality from the Schuola di Pescatori in...

Doesn't matter. The question you need to ask yourself is, "Is it fun?" Does it add to the players' enjoyment of the adventure?

For progression, I would assume a large die-off in the earlier levels but after a point it would be progressively more likely to survive to reach the next level. A 12th level mage is very likely to become an archmage if she can live long enough. But if I need an NPC to be a 13th level paladin...

Try giving out an item that gives one extra reaction. My rewrite of the fighter gives one extra reaction at level 6 in place of the feat / ASI. Or an extra Bonus Action.

You foreshadowed this earlier. I was half-expecting the PCs to refuse en bloc. The ramifications of that action might have shaken the heavens.