macedonia, truly greek

8/9/2019 Macedonia, Truly Greek

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Macedonia, Truly Greek

Presents:

By Theodore Nanos


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Once the truth is stripped

of history, all that is left of it

is a useless narrative.

Polybios, Histories, I.14.6


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History of Macedonia

The Greek history of Macedoniabegan with the Makednoi tribe (inGreek meaning the tall one), whowere among the first to use thename Hellenes.

Emerged in the 8th century BC

Spoke a dialect of the Greeklanguage, worshipped Greek Godsand wrote in Greek

The Argead dynasty was the firstruling house of Macedon (includedfamily members such as King PhillipII and Alexander the Great) from

about 700 to 300 BC. Their tradition traced their origins

to Argos, in southern Greece(hence the name Argeads)

There were three major divisions ofthe Greek people: Dorians,

Aeolians, and Ionians


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Vergina Sun

Emblem of theMacedonian dynasty

Stylized sun with 16rays. 4 of the raysrepresent the 4elements: earth, wind,

fire and water and the12 other rays representthe 12 Greek Gods


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Participation in ancient Olympics

Herodotus mentions:

"I happen to know, and I willdemonstrate in a subsequentchapter of this history, that thesedescendants of Perdiccas are, as

they themselves claim, of Greeknationality. This was, moreover,recognized by the managers of theOlympic games, on the occasionwhen Alexander wished to competeand his Greek competitors tried toexclude him on the ground that

foreigners were not allowed to takepart. Alexander, however, proved hisArgive descent, and so wasaccepted as a Greek and allowed toenter for the foot-race. He came inequal first".


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Alexanders famous speech The speech of Alexander I, when he was

admitted to the Olympic games"Men of Athens...Had I not greatly at heart the commonwelfare of Hellas I should not have come totell you; but I am myself Hellene by descent,and I would not willingly see Hellas exchangefreedom for slavery....If you prosper in this war, forget not to do

something for my freedom; consider the risk Ihave run, out of zeal for the Hellenic cause, toacquaint you with what Mardonius intends,and to save you from being surprised by thebarbarians.I am Alexander of Macedon."(Herodotus, The Histories, 9.45)

Among the

Macedonian

victors of the

ancient Olympic

were King Phillip II


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Spreading Hellenism to

Asia

Alexander the Great managedto unite the many Greek citystates, such as Athens and

Sparta, under his rule and toconquer the Persian empire,including Egypt and lands asfar east as the fringes of India

Alexander's adoption of thestyles of government of theconquered territories was

accompanied by the spread ofGreek culture and learningthrough his vast empire

Although the empirefractured into multipleHellenic regimes shortly afterhis death, his conquests left alasting legacy, not least in thenew Greek-speaking citiesfounded across Persia'swestern territories, heraldingthe Hellenistic period.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuihHUFEqPM&feature=related


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Cultures in Macedonia over the last

2300 years

In 149 BC Macedonia fellto the Romans

During the 580s AD,Byzantine literatureattests to the Slavs raidingByzantine territories inthe region of Macedonia,aided by Avars or Bulgars.

There was a mix ofcultures in Macedoniaincluding Jews and Turksduring the OttomanEmpire reign


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Map of Macedonia

The borders of Macedonia havechanged since ancient Macedon

Prior to its expansion under Philip II,the ancient kingdom of Macedonia,to which the modern region owes

its name, lay in its entirety withinthe current Greek province ofMacedonia

Geographically, the term Macedoniarefers to a broader region thatincludes portions of the territoriesof various Balkan countries (mainly

Greece, FYROM and Bulgaria). The greater part of geographical

Macedonia coincides with the areacovered by the ancient GreekMacedonia, which lies within theboundaries of modern Greece.

Ancient Macedonia Roman Province

Byzantine province

(approximate borders)

Ottoman period

(approximate)

Present Day of Macedonia


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Yugoslavia break-up of 1991

Following the fall of

communism in Eastern

Europe Yugoslavia

broke-up into differentstates and formed

different countries

Among these countries

was the self proclaimed:

Republic of Macedonia


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Republic of Macedonia

Name: Recognized asFormer YugoslaviaRepublic of Macedonia(self-proclaimed: Republcif Macedonia)

Pop. 2.1 million

Language: South Slavic(self-proclaimed:Macedonian)

Flag: Was originally theVergina star but wasforced to change in 1995after a one year economicblockade by Greece


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Identity confusion

People all over the world arestarting to relate ancientMacedonia with the SkopjeMacedonians:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f

wPynpZAgnw&feature=related

However, the Bulgarians thinkdifferently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAdkEBeNJ7I&feature=related

Being Bulgarian in FYROM:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJU0cE4CIZQ&feature=related

"Macedonia, powerful as the King Alexander

in regards to the FYROM basketball team at

the EuroBasket 2009. Found on a Polishnewspaper.


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FYROM propaganda

FYROM students are ledto believe Alexander theGreat was slavic:

http://www.youtube.com/w

atch?v=aWIKDhhTvnU

Promotion of a greaterMacedonia in FYROMschools:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTUqfuTbk_s&feature=related

FYROM promote a greater Macedonia

in their schools


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FYROM propaganda

In the early 1990s unofficial"Makedonka" souvenir banknotescreated by nationalist organizations inthe Republic of Macedonia depicted theWhite Tower of Thessaloniki on them

implying territorial clames over theGreek part of Macedonia

In December 2006 the government ofthe Republic of Macedonia renamedtheir largest aiport in Skopje Alexanderthe Great (claiming Alexander as one of

their own) New reports say that FYROM plan to

build an eight-story high statue ofAlexander the Great in the centre of thecity of Skopje


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Further background information

FY

RO

M is exercising a policy of irredentism andterritorial claims fuelled by the falsification ofhistory and the usurpation of Greece's historicaland national heritage

Historically, the Greek name Macedonia refers tothe state and civilisation of the ancientMacedonians, which beyond doubt is part ofGreece's national and historical heritage and bears

no relation whatsoever with the residents ofFYROM

The name issue originated in the aftermath of theSecond World War, when Josip Broz Tito separatedthe area then known as Vardar Banovina (nowFYROM) from Serbia, granting it the status of aRepublic within the new federal Yugoslavia, under

the name Socialist Republic of Macedonia,concurrently promoting the doctrine of a separateMacedonian Nation.

The reason for promoting Macedonianism inFYROM was Titos desire to gain access to theAegean Sea by cultivating the notion ofreunification of all Macedonian territories...


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Modern day Greek Macedonia

Northern province of Greece

Pop. 2.6 million

Official Language: Greek

Capital: Thessaloniki

Inhabitants have called andconsidered themselvesMacedonians since timeimmemorial


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Name dispute Current recognized name by the UN: Former

Yugoslovia Republic of Macedonia

Self-recognized name: Republic of Macedonia

Compromisable names: "New Macedonia",

"U

pper Macedonia", "Slavo-Macedonia", "NovaMakedonija", "Macedonia (Skopje)" and so on.However, these had invariably fallen foul of theGreek position that no permanent formulaincorporating the term "Macedonia" isacceptable

Athens had counter-proposed the names "VardarRepublic" or "Republic of Skopje", but the

government and opposition parties in Skopje hadconsistently rejected any solution that eliminatesthe term "Macedonia" from the country's name.

Following these developments, Greece hasgradually revised its position and demonstratesits acceptance of a composite appellation, with ageographical qualifier, erga omnes (i.e. the

incorporation of the term "Macedonia" in thename, but with the use of a disambiguating namespecification, for international andintergovernmental use)

Greece states that FYROM should genuinelyrenounce the usurpation of historical andnational heritage of the Greek people


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Know the truth, know your history,

Macedonia is Greek!

Join petitions, groups and

let your voices be heard:

http://macedonia-

evidence.org/

The Greeks constitute the

most ancient race of

Macedonians!

Zito H Ellatha!

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