History of Macedonia

A blog dedicated to referenced information on the history of Macedonia. Featuring articles, researches, photos and maps about Macedonian history from prehistory until modern times and links to other Hellenic Macedonian sites.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Ancient Macedonians – Greeks or Barbarians?

 
Some of the most usual fallacies used by FYROM’s hideous propaganda are the baseless assumptions included in the following statement:
“The Greeks unanimously stereotyped the Macedonians as ‘barbarians’ and treated them in the same bigoted manner in which they treated all non-Greeks. After all, no Greek people/tribe was ever called “Barbarian“.

This statement is most interesting for what it reveals about those [...]








Related posts:
  1. Wild Neighbors: Perceptions of Megarian Ethnic Identity in Fifth-Century Athenian Comedy

  2. Greek tribes being labeled “Barbarians”

  3. Ancient Literary Evidence : Distinction between Ancient Macedonians and Barbarians

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