R. Malcolm Errington, ‘A History of Macedonia’ University of California Press, February 1993, pg 3 "That the Macedonians and their kings did in fact speak a dialect of Greek and bore Greek names may be regarded nowadays as certain." "Ancient allegations that the Macedonians were non-Greeks all had their origin in Athens at the time of the struggle ...

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"The ancient East" By D.G Hogarth   Page 80  Quote: It [Macedonia] was inhabited by sturdy gentry and peasantry and by agile highlanders, all composed of the same racial elements as the Greeks,with perhaps a preponderant infusion of northern blood which had come south long ago with emigrants from the Danubian lands The social development of the Macedonians - to ...