Altes Königreich Mazedonien

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Why did Greece allow the name „Macedonia“ to be used? They are not even Greeks, they are Slavs. „Western Bulgaria“ or „Vardar“ would have been more appropriate

Macedonians were considered as non-Greek Barbarians by the Ancient Greeks, until one of them conquered the Persian Empire for them. Afterwards, Macedonian identity was denied and they were claimed to be Hellens from the beginning.

*Pre-Hellenistic Greek writers expressed an ambiguity about the Greekness of Macedonians —specifically their monarchic institutions and their background of Persian alliance—often portraying them as a potential barbarian threat to Greece. For example, the late 5th century sophist Thrasymachus of Chalcedon wrote, „we Greeks are enslaved to the barbarian Archelaus“ (Fragment 2). The issue of Macedonian Hellenicity and that of their royal house was particularly pertinent in the 4th century BC regarding the politics of invading Persia. Demosthenes regarded Macedonia’s monarchy to be incongruous with an Athenian-led Pan-Hellenic alliance. He castigated Philip II for being „not only no Greek, nor related to the Greeks, but not even a barbarian from any place that can be named with honor, but a pestilent knave from Macedonia, whence it was never yet possible to buy a decent slave“.*

Similarly, modern Greece, a anti immigrant nation that sunk boats and kill people, embraced Giannis Antetokounmpo as their national hero after he become an NBA star.

Lesson to be learned is this; success makes you a Greek.

Yeah, „AI generated content“ tag is supported by the fact that there’s no info on how ancient, so it’s a useless map