Α part of my country's history
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Greetings dear allies,
I would like to inform you through my newspaper of certain historical facts of the country I am the embassador of. My goal is to inform you, so that our countries can become even closer. I hope that you will also publish an article through your ambassador in Greece.
The history of Macedonia has its roots in ancient times. It starts in ancient history and reaches through the centuries, full of brilliant, interesting pages of struggles, heroism, culture, action, disaster, victories and glory leading up to modern days.
The names Macedonia and Macedonian derived from the Doric word makos (meaning length) and stated that Macedonia is the country with the tall, long, people. Another name was Maketes and the country Maketia.According to mythology however, Macedonia took its name from Makedon or Makednos, who was the founder of the Macedonian people, which, according to some, was the son of Zeus and Thyias, while according to others, he was the son of the king of Arcadia Lycaon.The term Macedonia refers to the ancient kingdom of Macedonia of the Dorian Greeks. However, the term Macedonia as a geographical and political entity, was completed during the classical ages.
Macedonia enters the history of Greece with the son of Amyntas, Alexander I '(498-454), known as Philhellene (= patriot), which was quite active, smart and energetic and put the military and political foundations of the Macedonian state in place.
During the Medic wars, he collaborated with the Athenians, who he helped greatlyIn term, they honored him, giving him the title of philhellene (= patriot) and having a 'golden statue of him erected at Delphi. All subsequent kings of Macedonia contributed to their country’s steady rise. The subsequent days of glory of Alexander the Great were not random and sudden. All the kings before Alexander contributed to the building of the great Macedonia and Greece.
Τhe one who organized Macedonia as a state of the modern era and laid the foundations of Magna Grecia was Philip II (357-336 BC). Macedonia dominated the greek area, uniting under his rule the other Greek city-states and all Greeks connecting the fate of the people of this corner of Europe. He prepared the first Greek Federation. He prepared the situation and gave a strong, vigorous Macedonia to his son, Alexander the Grande or the Great (336-323 BC), who as head of a disciplined army and thanks to the objective conditions prevailing at that time and subjective possibilities created by his prowess, both military and political, managed to conquer the dominant Persian empire and half of the known world. Macedonia became the heart and mind of the Hellenistic period.
The kingdom of Macedonia soon lost control of the vast Asian land, but retained its hegemony in Greece until it was defeated by the Romans in the Macedonian Wars (215-148 BC). Then comes the Roman occupation and Macedonia passes on to the period of its declinel. In the coming years, its fate becomes linked to the history of the Byzantine Empire.The first step towards Byzantium becomes the transfer, from Galerius, of his seat to Thessaloniki in 306 AD, becoming the second after Constantinople (capital of the Roman Empire from 324 AD), city of the Roman Empire and plays an important role in the political life of the country.
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Philhellene="Friend" with the Greeks.Not patriot lol. This title was not given only to Greeks. Many non-Greeks got that title over the years.Like Lord Byron.
Macedonian's didnt "unite" the other cities-states. Every city-state in the Balkans had wars inbetween.What you call "uniting" another one might call "conquering"
How do you explain the Macedonians being in peace (after a warfare) with the Illyrians and having constant wars with the Athenians and Thebes?
How do you explain the Illyrians' war formations which were identical to the Macedonian Phalanx ones?
How do you explain that during the Persian invasions, Macedonia not only retreated and allied with Persians..but also gave them a clear passage and easy passage towards Athens, knowing where Athenians would have set an ambush.
Philhellene:
You are referring to the term as it is used in the new greek language. If you consult a vocabulary of ancient greek you will see its uses in the time this article is about. One of the most common ones is that of a patriot. As for your comparison to Lord Byron is completely off topic, as he was honored in the modern ages, not the antique. In the new greek language it indeed is used primarilly for foreign citizen that are "friends of the greeks"
It also meant "Patriot"
It was first used for Non-Greeks even at ancient times. So the term Philhellene doesn't prove anything to me.
Wikipedias says it was first used for Egyptian king Amasis.Amasis was a Greek patriot too?
no comment about wiki quotes. I am refering to Isocrates' definition of the term. Isocrates was a contemporary of Alexanderand and his father.
Herodotus used it first not Isocrates.
Leave the "wiki quotes" uncommented if you wish.
As long as they are historically correct, their opinion is valid.
I'll bite. Also, I'll play your game for a moment. Wiki:
He was permitted to participate in the Olympic Games[2][3] possibly in 504 BC[4] an honor reserved only for Greeks.
For his noble patriotic feelings towards the other Greeks, he was given the name filhellene (in the Antique, it also meant "patriot")
oh, and that was written by Herodotus:
source:
ὁ μέν νυν τῶν Περσέων τούτων θάνατος οὕτω καταλαμφθεὶς ἐσιγήθη. Ἕλληνας δὲ εἶναι τούτους τοὺς ἀπὸ Περδίκκεω γεγονότας, κατά περ αὐτοὶ λέγουσι, αὐτός τε οὕτω τυγχάνω ἐπιστάμενος καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐν τοῖσι ὄπισθε λόγοισι ἀποδέξω ὡς εἰσὶ Ἕλληνες, πρὸς δὲ καὶ οἱ τὸν ἐν Ὀλυμπίῃ διέποντες ἀγῶνα Ἑλληνοδίκαι οὕτω ἔγνωσαν εἶναι. [2] Ἀλεξάνδρου γὰρ ἀεθλεύειν ἑλομένου καὶ καταβάντος ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο, οἱ ἀντιθευσόμενοι Ἑλλήνων ἐξεῖργόν μιν, φάμενοι οὐ βαρβάρων ἀγωνιστέων εἶναι τὸν ἀγῶνα ἀλλὰ Ἑλλήνων: Ἀλέξανδρος δὲ ἐπειδὴ ἀπέδεξε ὡς εἴη Ἀργεῖος, ἐκρίθη τε εἶναι Ἕλλην καὶ ἀγωνιζόμενος στάδιον συνεξέπιπτε τῷ πρώτῳ.
Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.
you can also look it up by Justin, another historian. if you want, I can pm you with his link, too.
And how exactly did he prove his Greek origins?
They went to special labs and made a DNA test?
Please.
oh, so suddenly the sources on wiki, Herodotus, Isokrates and Justin are not serious historical references.
please 🙂
When there's no evidence? It generally says "He proved it"
I ask how?
When i said Herodotus said it first, there are Documents that prove he SAID it first.
you do realize Alexander I' asked HIMSELF to be acknowledged as a Greek, right? Herritage was a pretty big thing back then you know. He proved ancestry. Originating in Argos if I remember correctly. Also, if Herodotos is not a reliable source for him documenting that this happened, how is he a reliable source for the Egyptian?
What about Justin the Roman historian? What abou Isokrate? What about the Cambridge History department AND the Harvard History department, that teach just that?
again... please.
Also....it should be questioned why the article's name is "HIstory of my country" but it's only Macedonian history that is mentioned.
Does the author consider Macedonia a country? Then why is that image displayed at the very bottom?
You should check it in wikipedia. I can see that all your education is based in wiki!!! And check the word "ανθέλληνας" in wiki, it describes you!!!
My question stands correctly.
IF you wanna be ironical , go be elsewhere.
Για τον ΑΝθελληνισμό, στα μούτρα σου ΝεοΈλληνα.
Την ταυτότητα μου την τρίβω στη μούρη σου.
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Dear Alfadi,
Ιn Panegyricus of Isocrates, them who resisted the Persian invasion are "philhellenes" particularly the Athenians.
So, either the Athenians were not Greeks, either the term "philhellenes" means the "patriot"
The League of Corinth, also referred to sometimes as the Hellenic League and it was a federation of Greek states.
It was the first time in history that all the Greek states (with the notable exception of Sparta) managed to become part of a single political entity.
The League was governed by the Hegemon (strategos autokrator in a military context), the Synedrion (council) and the Dikastai (judges).
Decrees of the league were issued in Corinth, Athens, Delphi, Olympia and Pydna.
The League maintained an army levied from member states in approximate proportion to their size.
So, what one might call today "conquering" for the Ancient Greeks was a Political Unification.
Athenians and Thebans were trying to do the same as Macedonians did at the League of Corinth. To be the leaders of all Greeks. Both these two city states wanted to unite Greeks but under their leadership. That is why they fought each other and also that is why Spartans never participated to the League.
The Illyrians appeared in war as free warriors under their rulers or kings.
Inly the southern Illyrians since the 4th century BC had warrior formations which did not differ from Macedonian phalanxes.
But it is obvious that these Illyrian Phalanxes was of a greek influence, as the Illyrians were basically known as archers and light spearmen using short spears and javelins
As for the coalition of Macedonians with the Persians,
Ἡρόδοτος (Ἱστορίαι, βιβλίον ΙΧ, 45)
Πλούταρχος (Βίοι παράλληλοι, Ἀριστείδης, 15-16),
"οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἔλεγον, εἰ μὴ μεγάλως ἐκηδόμην συναπάσης τῆς Ἑλλάδος. Αὐτός τε γὰρ Ἕλλην γένος εἰμὶ τὠρχαῖον καὶ ἀντ ἐλευθέρης δεδουλωμένην οὐκ ἂν ἐθέλοιμι ὁρᾶν τὴν Ἑλλάδα... Εἰμὶ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μακεδών"
http://macedonia-evidence.org/obama-letter.html
The first time the term "Philhellenes" was used was not to determine patriots, but people who admire and/or help Greece. It was used for King Amasis.
It got the term of a patriot half a century after. It is STILL USED to determine the greek friendly and NOT the patriot. So the Greek-friendly meaning of it got a heavier influence and was more widely used.
About the league of corinth, you are correct..but don't forget it only lasted for a specific amount of time. Wars didnt cease to exist before and after that.
Macedonia is not Greek.
Macedonia is Greece.
Learn the difference.
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This is not history of your country,it is just a part of it...
Macedonia is greek but Greece is not only Macedonia.
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