Quote: ..Herodotus, the Father of History, relates how the Macedonian king Alexander I (498-454 BC), a Philhellene (that is "a friend of the Greeks" and logically a non-Greek),... It is currently wide-spread, mainly to modern Fyrom's propaganda (see quote above), a misuse of the term Philhellene as having a meaning of non-Greek.  During antiquity, Philhellene certainly didnt mean 'Non-Hellene' but ...

Ancient Macedonian language has been recognised as a Greek dialect. Specifically, the ISO XMK has the following specification: Language Name: Ancient Macedonian Alternate Name(s): Macedonian Once Spoken in: Greece F.Y.R.O.M Language Code: xmk (Former code: XMK ) Status: Extinct Family: Indo-European Subgroup: Macedonian Subgrouping Code: Indoeuropean Greek Branch Brief Description: The ancient language of the Macedonian kingdom in N. Greece and modern Macedonia during the ...