He insisted on maintaining the Macedonian traditions of toughness and austerity and even on Macedonians using the Macedonian dialect of Greek among themselves (C.6.9.34-6)
At the same time their experience of a wider world made them more aware of their Greek speech and Greek religion, and on the Greek side there was a general acceptance of the Macedonians as members of the Delphic Amphictyony and of the Hellenic race, even though little love was lost between Greeks and Macedonians.
A History of Macedonia
A History of Macedonia