Aeschines called Demosthenes as "barbarian" !!

August 17 2005 at 12:56 AM

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http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Aeschin.+3+171

But he was wrong. Demosthenes was a proud Athenian, but he couldn't see the future of Greeks without Athenian domination! He wasn't a Philhellene !!

Let me tell you as well that the meaning of the word "barbarian" had changed by the times of Demosthenes: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2319347

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Ethnic Macedonians were always Greek

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Macedonian, therefore Greek If you want to know more about Greco-SlavoSkopian conflict you may want to see my other forums: Macedonians were always Greeks Questions to SlavoSkopians Makedoncite sekogash bile Grci