Alexander the Great: How Greek was he?
This is the title of an article by Professor Paul Cartledge, Cambridge University. This article was posted at American Chronicle on November 09, 2008.
In this article Prof. Paul Cartledge refers to the peculiarities of the ancient Greek dialect Macedonians spoke, the Greek origin and values of Alexander the Great, and the cultural differences between ancient Macedonians and Greeks. These cultural and linguistic differences were exploited for political reasons in ancient and present times, as in the case of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, a new nation-state that is trying to strengthen its identity by appropriating founding-father type heroes like Alexander the Great.
Letter to President Obama
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- On May 18th, 2009,
200 Classical Scholars from around the world, sent a letter to the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. - On June 22nd, 2009,
an update with 332 signatures was sent.
Since then, the list of cosigners has grown to 376, see Addenda.
- On May 18th, 2009,
Macedonian coin, stating in Greek: "ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ"
(in English: "ALEXANDER'S")