Bolsaya Sovetskaya Encyclopaedia, Moscow 1980 from the Greek Edition, Athens 1980 "Macedonians": Ancient Greek tribe THE QUESTION OF THE GREEKNESS. The Greekness of the Macedonians has been extensively discussed, but in these debates the objectives have been not only scientific but also political . There are three different opinions: 1.The Macedonians were Greeks 2.They were not Greeks, but either Thracians or ...