Typical residents of modern Skopje (FYROM) : two Albanians and a cop. - Ancient Scupi (modern Skopje), initially a Paeonian settlement, was founded in early antiquity near Axios (Vardar). It became the Capital of ancient Dardania, hence it was not part of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. - Dardanians were racially, a totally unrelated people to ...

From the YouTube channel of LycurgosNysio The museum includes collections of Hellenistic and Roman sculpture (funerary reliefs, funerary and honorary altars, portraits, table supports, statues) from the city of Veroia and other sites of the district, Hellenistic pottery and figurines from the cemeteries of Veroia, Hellenistic and Roman architectural parts (columns, bases, capitals etc.) exhibited in ...

  King Philip II of Macedon.   Video from the Youtube channel of eformisis Philip II (Greek: Φιλιππος) was a Greek king of Macedon from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. The famous king (Βασιλεύς) and father of Alexander the Great,  was born in 383/82 BC. He was son of the king Amyntas III and queen Eurydice. ...

Macedonia / Macedon The Macedonians were of Hellenic stock, claiming legendary descent from the Dorians who conquered Sparta and much of Greece towards the end of the Mycenaean period. Their name is generally thought to mean 'highlander', which would be entirely appropriate for their mountainous homeland. They probably arrived in the northernmost parts of Greece on ...

by David Wilson Part one of a two part series for BBC4, preseted by Dr Michael Scott of Darwin College, Cambridge. Shot in Athens, Sparta, Macedon and the UK, the film explores the intense debate about luxury which went on throughout the classical period, and which has many echoes in our own time

By Paul Levy OXFORD—"Heracles to Alexander the Great: Treasures from the Royal Capital of Macedon, a Hellenic Kingdom in the Age of Democracy" is as crowded with objects as its title is with ideas. The Ashmolean manages to cram in about 500 objects, discovered in the royal tombs and palaces of Aegae (modern-day Vergina in the ...

While speaking on behalf of Larisseans, Thrasymachos made use of the term "Barbarian" while refering to the king Archelaos of Macedon. “Shall we being Greeks, Be  slaves to Archelaos, a Barbarian?” ("Αρχελάω δουλεύσομεν Έλληνες όντες Βαρβάρω;") Here of course it would be of tremendous help, if we had Thrasymachos full text in the original, instead of having a quote out of ...

Professor Kagan - Macedonians were fundamentally Greeks, that is to say they were Greek-Speakers and Ethnically Greek. Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205) In this lecture, Professor Kagan tells the story of the rise of Philip and describes his early actions: unifying Macedon, defeating barbarian armies, and creating a new, professional, national army. According to Professor ...

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"[sic] languages). "Pyri(as).The root of this name could be connected ...

Dear U of U: You don't have to be born in Greece to be a Greek. By John Saltas A couple of years ago, I and other family members traced our DNA through FamilyTree.com. My DNA—so that of my father, his Greek father and so on—tested into Haplogroup R1a1, meaning our Y chromosomes have been wandering around ...