The Macedonians claim only ethnic Macedonians as ethnic Macedonians, whereas the Greeks claim ethnic Greeks, ethnic Macedonians, ethnic Vlachs, ethnic Albanians, etc as ethnic Greeks - and then produce 98% or 97% figures for 'Greeks' in Greece. Why doesn't Greece allow a question relating to ethno-linguistic identity on their census'?
That's very convenient. There is little recorded about what the ancient Macedonians said about themselves, we have to rely on a logical interpretation of the sources, collectively.
It's not the same thing. Even though certain Macedonians of the 19th century promoted the use of socio-political terms like 'Bulgarian', they did not identify their origins with the Turkic Bulgars who established Bulgaria in Moesia. Intead, in their writings you will find reference to figures such as Alexander and the ancient Macedonians (Pulevski, Shapkarev, Misirkov, Karev), Justinian the Great (Miladinov, Hadji-Konstantinov), Basil I - the Macedonian (Hadji Konstantinov), etc. On the other hand, Greek intellectuals of the 19th century, still in transition from the Roman identity to a Hellenic one, generally viewed the ancient Macedonians in the same way that the ancient Hellenes did - a non-Greek people that lived north of the Peneus river.
Isn't it interesting how the previous Greek that was parroting that line, a member called Agamoi Thytai, has conveniently disappeared a couple of days before you appeared? Perhaps you are all chick-fed from the same hand? Here is the full text of that quote from Borza, as explained to your cohort perviously: There is no reason to deny the Macedonians’ own tradition about their early kings and the migration of the Makedones. We have already suggested that a branch of those highlanders, the Argeadae, may have migrated out of the Haliacmon basin into the piedmont of northern Pieria.
THe Haliacmon basin and Pieria are both in Macedonia, that is the migration to which Borza is making reference to in that quote. You need to brush up on your reading.
THe Haliacmon basin and Pieria are both in Macedonia, that is the migration to which Borza is making reference to in that quote. You need to brush up on your reading.
No, that is not an appropriate starting point, for a number of reasons. Furthermore, there are other threads where this topic can be discussed, this thread was created for a completely separate topic
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