Miltiades Elia Bolaris Balkan Illusion - phantasia archaica: "Zaika. This is one of the most interesting ancient Macedonian female names. It may represent a female form of the present day Macedonian "zajak" (rabbit). In any case, there are numerous examples of names taken from names of animals. The names Zaia (Zaja) and Zaiko (Zajko) are present in ...

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The Macedonian of the ancient kingdom of Northern Greece is probably nothing other than a Northern Greek dialect of Doric. By Kostas68

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One of the best researches over the Ethnic diversity and dialects in Ptolemaic Egypt and especially in Alexandria,  comes from prof. W. Clarysse.  Prof. Clarysse after examining all the available evidence regarding the names of ancient Macedonians in the Alexandria of Egypt, concludes that "nearly all the names are Greek and only 3 hellenized families shows traces of ...

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Some great videos FROM: http://www.youtube.com/user/socratis904        

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  Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: A Paradigm of Macedonian Speech Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: Historical Background Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: The Macedonian dialect Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: The language of Katadesmos Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: Remarks on Katadesmos and Conclusion Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: Bibliography   UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO     DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS NINTH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON GREEK LINGUISTICS   Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos:      A Paradigm of Macedonian Speech     Marcus ...

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It is almost impossible for an admirer of the Ancient Macedonian History not to be involved, one way or another, with one of the questions which still remain crucial in our days. Who were the Ancient Macedonians? The aforementioned question has emerged into an object of scholarly research for a really long time. Many eminent scholars discussed the various manifestations ...

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  By Miltiades Elia Bolaris May 09, 2009 Balkan Illusion - phantasia archaica: "...it is very interesting to note that many of the authentic ancient Macedonian words, according to their etymology and pronunciation, have a striking resemblance to the appropriate words used in the modern Macedonian language (and other so called "Slav" languages)." "Ata(s). The root of this name contains ...

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  1. [ΘΕΤΙ]ΜΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΦΩΝΤΟΣ ΤΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΝ ΓΑΜΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΓΡΑΦΩ ΚΑΙ ΤΑΝ ΑΛΛΑΝ ΠΑΣΑΝ ΓΥ 2. [ΝΑΙΚ]ΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΧΗΡΑΝ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΡΘΕΝΩΝ ΜΑΛΙΣΤΑ ΔΕ ΘΕΤΙΜΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΡΚΑΤΤΙΘΕΜΑΙ ΜΑΚΡΩΝΙ ΚΑΙ 3. [ΤΟΙΣ] ΔΑΙΜΟΣΙ ΚΑΙ ΟΠΟΚΑ ΕΓΟ ΤΑΥΤΑ ΔΙΕΛΕΞΑΙΜΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΑΓΝΟΙΗΝ ΠΑΛLΙΝ ΑΝΟΡΟΞΑΣΑ 4. [ΤΟΚΑ] ΓΑΜΑΙ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΦΩΝΤΑ ΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ ΔΕ ΜΗ ΜΗ ΓΑΡ ΛΑΒΟΙ ΑΛΛΑΝ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑ ΑΛΛ Η ΕΜΕ ...

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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 for ...

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