07-26-2011, 05:35 PM
Quote:The Greeks should stop acting so childish about the Macedonians using Alexander the Great for their own benefit. Alexander the Great was NOT EVEN Greek ! he was MACEDONIAN ! who cares if the original country lay somewhere in the North regions of what now is the Greek country....
M.VIB.M.
What nonsense! Go away and study your Alexander again ...
He was the son of Temenid (originally from Argos) Greek king of Makedon - Philip II - and thereby of Dorian/Greek persuasion on one side
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He was the son of an Epeirote Greek princess (Molossian tribe) - Olympias - on the other.
Even if you try to make an argument that the Makedonians themslves where not Greeks (which I and many would challenge) the fact remains that the Makedonian royals were acknowledged as being Hellenes.
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[size=75:2kpklzm3]Xerxes - "What did the guy in the pass say?" ... Scout - "Μολὼν λαβέ my Lord - and he meant it!!!"[/size]
[size=75:2kpklzm3]Xerxes - "What did the guy in the pass say?" ... Scout - "Μολὼν λαβέ my Lord - and he meant it!!!"[/size]