Hellenistic Period - Dr. David Neiman, the renowned Jewish scholar in the fields of Biblical Studies and Jewish history follows the conquests of Alexander the great and the subsequent spread of the Greek language through the Greek Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires. Dr Neiman speaks about the Greek Ruler Ptolemy and Alexandria, the "greatest Greek city ...

Istor the Macedonian    September 28, 2010      What exactly is Greek? Educate yourself before "educating" poor uneducated SlavoSkopian people. Respect them! They will soon be Europeans! How can you tell them that ethnicity is decency, that is race?? Have you ever heard about "assimilation"??. Or, where are Dardanians of Skopje or Peonians of Veles? As Loring Danforth, your supporter, says, ...

Nick Michael Hodges    April 12, 2010     Greece has not just been the cradle of Democracy but it has been, also, the foundation of the European civilization and beyond. I am not writing this article to brag about it or even defend what I just said in the above statement but to protect my country from unwarranted attacks ...

Erroneous Claim: "Greek was the lingua franca before Alexander the Great's era, like English is today" The above  is a widely-used false claim promoted mainly by FYROM's propaganda. The status of lingua franca, especially during the Achaemenid period (539-333) through the vast Persian empire[1] and the Mediteranean world had the Aramaic language. [2] Greek was not the lingua franca during ...

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     The Macedonian Dialect       Ancient grammarians divided the Greek language into four dialects (five if one adds the ...

(2) The Language of Ancient Macedonians according to modern Linguists and Historians * Hammond & Griffith "A History of Macedonia 550-336 BC" Vol II "Macedonian was not a non-Greek language but a dialect of the Greek language in which Alexander spoke for a special purpose; and in the case of his order the vocabulary, as well as the pronunciation, was ...

Foto: Gelio.gr The growing use of Greeklish by schoolchildren is adversely affecting their spelling skills and may ultimately pose a threat to the Greek language, according to a recent study. The study was carried out by the Department of Early Childhood Education of the University of Western Macedonia during the 2008-09 school year, with the participation of ...

By Miltiades Elia Bolaris 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)[sic]."..."Glaukia(s). Could this name be derived from the noun ...

By Miltiades Elia Bolaris "Lyka. This female Macedonian name, which exists in the present day language, is possibly derived from the noun "lika" (a face, pretty face). The name Lika is present in today's Macedonian onomasticon." Quote was taken from: "Similarities between ancient Macedonian and today's' Macedonian Culture (Linguistics and Onomastics)" by Aleksandar Donski, celebrity "historian" ...

  On some reasons why Greek is one of  The World's Major Languages    Brian D. Joseph   In 1987, Croom Helm Publishers of England brought out a book entitled Major Languages of The World’s, edited by Bernard Comrie.[...]The book contains descriptions of 40 languages considered by the editor to be “major languages”. The 40 languages are Swahili, Yoruba, Tagalog, ...