| Is it Hellenic or is it Grik? or maybe Roman, i give up!November 2 2005 at 12:43 PM
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| The Truth About the Name Dispute Between Macedonia and Greece
While Macedonia was the first large territorial state in Europe with a consolidated administrative, political and military apparatus, the Achaeans (Greeks) were not a unified and uniform nation but a handful of city-states constantly warring with one another. The Trojan War in Homer's "Iliad" excluded Macedonia for her non-Achaean character, but involved Achaean cities only, which did not comprise a Greek nation until 1829 (2500 years later).
The Macedonians (tall and fair) were in Europe long before the beginning of time itself, and were referred to by the Achaeans (short and dark) as "Endopi", which means "Old Settlers", inferring that etymologically Macedonia was a name born by the Macedonians for the Macedonians before the Achaeans had even arrived in Europe. Thucydides, whose writings are regarded as the mark of the beginning of all true history labels Macedonia a barbaric country and the Macedons as barbarians. Even Demosthenes, an Athenian orator and statesman was the leader of the Anti-Macedonian Party that waged war several times against Alexander the Great. Regarded nowadays as one of the most important Greek historians, he went so far as to call Phillip of Macedon "a barbarian without a decent origin, who is not an Achaean (Greek) or any relation but a cursed wretched from Macedonia, where one cannot even buy a decent slave".
Nowadays, Greek scholars are only too happy to expropriate all the glory of Macedonian history, especially the campaigns of Alexander the Great. All this despite Aristotle's banishment from Athens for his Macedonian origin, a fever that persecuted all Macedonian philosophers after Alexander's death. Modern day Greece seems to have forgotten the surge of nationalism in the 3rd Century B.C. led by the Achaean Anti-Macedonian Alliance, once again certifying her distinctiveness from Macedonia by submitting to Rome. After Macedonia falls under the Roman yoke she becomes a Roman Province distinct from the Achaean cities.
During the Byzantine Era, when the Romaioi (Greeks as they were referred to then) held the monopoly of Eastern culture, the Macedonian and all other nations were subdued to massive denationalisation and assimilation, a process that entails the denial of the most fundamental human rights, generally national and cultural. In laymans' terms, no person may; speak his own language(not even privately), worship his own religion, preserve his own traditions, learn the truth of history; but must absorb the Romaioi identity or face the consequences (capital punishment).
To a Westerner this may seem absurd, but is not unusual when an Athenian Government has territorial aspirations towards her neighbours. As you are reading this, these policies are incessantly continuing in Northern Greece. Athens is striving to extend these policies beyond her borders by abusing her right of veto in the E.C. Committee to deny the recognition of the Republic of Macedonia. The tentacles of these policies have even reached western countries, causing high-profile politicians to side with the massive Greek community in the hope of gaining popularity and votes.
Yet the Romaioi (Byzantine Greeks) indulged in renaming towns, villages and people with Romaioi names, destroying all Macedonian writings that simply the existance of a seperate Macedonia as a nation dissimilar from Romaioi. Only they forgot to destroy their own Romaioi (Greek) texts that solidly prove our authenticity, such as the writings of Arrian, Plutarch, Callisthenes etc. as well as Latin texts and archaeological findings.
To further complicate the situation, Serbia and Bulgaria also laid claim on Macedonia in the 19th Century, and Albania in the 20th Century. How can one nation possibly belong to four?? Whilst conducting her propaganda, it is amazing how the Athenian Government (Greece since 1829) avoids mentioning the issue of the Balkan Wars in 1912 when the above-mentioned four countries invaded Macedonia and divided her amongst themselves with the borders of today.
It's the same inability to compromise that will not allow Athens to recognise the independence of the Republic of Macedonia, since the recently renamed Province of Macedonia (formerly northern Greece) holds the same name. It's stunning how the Athenian Government, whose people were formerly called Achaeans, then Romaioi, then Hellenes, then Greeks, is now trying to convince them that they are Macedonians!! Can they make up their own mind on their own identity??
Two years ago, a very important discovery was made. In an ancient fortress in Macedonia a golden ancient mask was found, that clearly showned that the Macedonian people exsisted long centries ago as a nation like all others with its own history, traditions, culture, customs and language.
The facts are clear and simple. Macedonia is not Greek, and a good deal of the well-educated Greek community realize this. Unfortunately, alongside them there exists a hyperactive, brainwashed sect that believe anything their Government (Athens) wants them to believe. most of them are not to blame, since they have been taught since childhood that the "Skopian's" (that is how they prefer to call us) are trying to steal their country and their name by claiming to be Macedonians.
That's why Greece has intentions of removing the word Macedonia from the name of our country. That's why the Greek communities in the United States are simply oppsesed in their efforts of unrecognizing the name of Republic of Macedonia and the existance of the Macedonian nation.
The American-Greek Community in the United States have sent letters to the presidental candidates around 10 days ago in which they demand the future President of the United States to accept the Greek demands of removing the word Macedonia from the name of Repubic of Macedonia and unrecognizing the Macedonian people as a sovereign nation, in return the Greeks who lives in the USA will give their votes for the presidental candidate who will stand on their side in the despute between Macedonia and Greece. The letters were ignored and unanswered by the candidates.
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