http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress Macedonian Online Journal focusing on the History of Macedonia through ages - Ιστολόγιο που εστιάζεται στην Ιστορία της Μακεδονίας μέσα στους αιώνες Sat, 26 May 2012 19:00:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2011/05/24/ancient-macedonia-slavs-lost-in-translation/ http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2011/05/24/ancient-macedonia-slavs-lost-in-translation/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 14:36:38 +0000 D-Mak http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/?p=16431 Thessaloniki was a princess; daughter of King Philip II, half sister of Alexander the Great. She was given this name because she was born on the day of the Macedonian victory at the Battle of Crocus Field. Her name literally translates to “Thessalian Victory“, in Greek. The city of Thessaloniki, today the largest city of [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2011/05/24/ancient-macedonia-slavs-lost-in-translation/feed/ 3 http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2010/01/22/macedonia-ancient-writers-arrian/ http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2010/01/22/macedonia-ancient-writers-arrian/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:14:39 +0000 Admin http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/?p=819 ARRIAN – THE CAMPAIGNS OF ALEXANDER Penguin Classics, Translated by Aubrey De Selincourt [1] At Athens too there was a certain amount of trouble; but resistance collapsed the moment Alexander approached and he was granted even greater honours than his father Philip before him. Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander Book 1, page 42 [2] They [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2010/01/22/macedonia-ancient-writers-arrian/feed/ 0 http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2009/10/31/makedonika-macedonia-and-the-rest-of-greece-in-the-ancient-literary-epigraphical-sources/ http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2009/10/31/makedonika-macedonia-and-the-rest-of-greece-in-the-ancient-literary-epigraphical-sources/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:08:01 +0000 Admin http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/?p=7129 “Macedonia and the Rest of Greece” in the ancient Literary & Epigraphical sources   Arrian II.14.4: “Macedonia and the rest of Greece” (..Είς Μακεδονίαν και είς την άλλην Ελλάδα) Polybius 7.9.3: “Macedonia and the rest of Greece” (..Μακεδονίαν και τήν άλλην Ελλάδα)  Strabo, 7.9: “Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece[..]without taking her [Macedonia] from the rest of [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2009/09/22/lion-hunt-in-ancient-macedonia/feed/ 0 http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2009/01/08/makedonika-ii-the-ancient-macedonian-language-testimonia/ http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2009/01/08/makedonika-ii-the-ancient-macedonian-language-testimonia/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:50:06 +0000 D-Mak http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/?p=1000 A. Testimonia (a) In a scene from the Attic comedy “Macedonians”, by the 5th-century writer Strattis, an Athenian asks ή σφύραινα δ‘ έ‘στι τίς;(‘sled-fish, what do you mean?), and a Macedonian replies “κέστραν μεν ΰμμες ώττικοΐ κικλήσκετε“ (‘wha ye Attics ca’ a hammer-fush, ma freen’). In order to appreciate the value of the Macedonian’s reply [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2006/12/29/modern-historians-about-macedonia-ernst-badian/feed/ 5 http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2006/10/18/greek-ancestry-of-alexander-the-great/ http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2006/10/18/greek-ancestry-of-alexander-the-great/#comments Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:45:35 +0000 Admin http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/?p=31   1. [Diodorus Siculus 17.1.5] “Alexander’s ancestry went back to Heracles on his father’s side, while through his mother he was related to the Aeacids.” 2. [Plutarch, Alexander 2.1-2] “As for Alexander’s family, it is firmly established that he was descended from Heracles through Caranus on his father’s side and from Aeacus through Neoptolemus on [...] Related posts:

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