http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress Macedonian Online Journal focusing on the History of Macedonia through ages and also dealing with the propaganda emanating from the Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia (FYROM) - Ιστολόγιο που εστιάζεται στην Ιστορία της Μακεδονίας μέσα στους αιώνες Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:57:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/macedonia-polybius-ethnicity-ancient-macedonians/ http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/macedonia-polybius-ethnicity-ancient-macedonians/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:57:41 +0000 D-Mak http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/?p=8813   Polybius (ca. 203–120 BC) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period noted for his book called ‘The Histories’ covering in detail the period of 220–146 BC.   [1](Philip V of Macedon speaking)  For on many occasions when I and the other Greeks sent embassies to you begging you to remove from your statutes the law [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/macedonia-polybius-ethnicity-ancient-macedonians/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/2009/10/31/makedonika-macedonia-and-the-rest-of-greece-in-the-ancient-literary-epigraphical-sources/feed/ 0 http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2008/11/19/risto-stefov-and-the-falsification-of-ancient-macedonian-history-part-iii/ http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2008/11/19/risto-stefov-and-the-falsification-of-ancient-macedonian-history-part-iii/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:43:45 +0000 Admin http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/?p=784 Australian Macedonian Advisory Council November 18, 2008 The common definition of “taking text out of context” is to remove a passage from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its true meaning. In other words, a shorter extract or phrase is used purposedly in an attempt to represent the views of the [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://history-of-macedonia.com/wordpress/2007/01/12/was-alexanders-the-great-conquests-panhellenic/feed/ 0 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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