Macedonia – The History

Letter from the Greek embassy in Thessaloniki 1876

An extract from a report sent on the 30-10-1876 from Konstantin Vatikiotis, Greek ambassador in the Ottoman occupied Thessaloniki, to the ministry of foreign affairs [protocol number 1.480/30-10-1876]. The report is about the ethnic background of Slavic speakers in Macedonia. Quote: Αλλ’ οι Βουλγαρόφωνοι κάτοικοι της Μακεδονίας δεν είναι δια τούτο και Βούλγαροι. Τουναντίον πολλά [...]

Bolsaya Sovetskaya Encyclopaedia about ancient Macedonian ethnicity

Bolsaya Sovetskaya Encyclopaedia, Moscow 1980 from the Greek Edition, Athens 1980 “Macedonians”: Ancient Greek tribe THE QUESTION OF THE GREEKNESS. The Greekness of the Macedonians has been extensively discussed, but in these debates the objectives have been not only scientific but also political . There are three different opinions: 1.The Macedonians were Greeks 2.They were not [...]

Alcetas I of Epirus

ALCETAS I. (Greek: Αλκέτας), king of Epirus. He was the son of Tharypus. For some reason or other, which we are not informed of, he was expelled from his kingdom, and took refuge with the elder Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, by whom he was reinstated. After his restoration we find him the ally of the Athenians, [...]

Treaty between Philip II of Macedon and Chalcideans

Bottom right-hand corner of a block of local limestone, found in 1934 at Myriophyto, about three-quarters of a mile W. of Olynthus. Careless and irregular script with incised horizontal guide-lines; 0 0 X fl are smaller than the other letters. In 1. I11 (1~ has a triangle in place of an oval. Facs. Trans. Am. [...]

The terms “Greeks” and “Hellenes”

“Though the words ‘Hellenism’, ‘Hellenic’, ‘Hellenes’, ‘Hellas’ are less familiar than the words ‘Greece’ and ‘Greek’ to the English-speaking public, they have two advantages. They are not misleading; and they are the words which, in the Greek language, the Hellenes themselves used to designate their civilization, their world, and themselves. ‘Hellas’ seems originally to have [...]

Symbols used by the slavs of FYROM – An overview

Overview of the various symbols adopted by the Slavs of FYROM over time Skopjian Symbols – Overview of the various symbols adopted by the Slavs of FYROM over time –>The inhabitants of FYROM have had various flags and symbols both adopted by them and imposed on them beginning in the 19th century. A brief explanation is provided [...]

Misirkov, Gruev & the Educational society of St Sava

The Society of St Sava (founded in 1886) was the chief organ for dissemination of Serbian propaganda on the Macedonian Question and Novakovich was intricately involved behind its agenda and policies. During the same year four members of a secret Macedonian committee in Sofia, went to Belgrade to secure support for their proposed actions in [...]

Religion in ancient Macedonia

Religion From the data at our disposal at present, we know that the Macedonians worshipped the twelve Olympian gods, both collectively and individually, and also Pluto, Persephone, Dionysos, Pan, Hestia, Heracles, Asklepios, Okeanos, Amphitrite, the Nereids, Thetys, Orpheus, the Diocouroi, Amphilochos, the Nymphs, the Graces, the Fates, Hygieia, Lethe, Nemesis and Eros. They also gave [...]

Greek Traditional Dance from neos Mylotopos