06-25-2011, 11:53 PM
I think you definetely have a point there, because the entire region under Greek cultural influences, or that what we these days mark as such, should be studied as a whole. This means including Thracia, Macedonia and the coastal regions of present day Turkey, i.e. byzantion, Arkanania etc and all the islands.
The debate whether someone was Greek or barbaroi was not at all clear to the Greek city states themselves. If you would have told a Spartan he was a Greek and therefore an Athenian you probably would have gotten a head-butt or worse.
What we call hellenistic culture is a conglomeration of all sorts of cultures and languages and dialects extending over a much larger area of the region than what is now called the country of Greece itself. Therefore the national pride Greece has of "their" Alexander the Great is ridiculous. If that were so, also Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan among many others could be proud of their "Greek" heritage and origins....
M.VIB.M.
The debate whether someone was Greek or barbaroi was not at all clear to the Greek city states themselves. If you would have told a Spartan he was a Greek and therefore an Athenian you probably would have gotten a head-butt or worse.
What we call hellenistic culture is a conglomeration of all sorts of cultures and languages and dialects extending over a much larger area of the region than what is now called the country of Greece itself. Therefore the national pride Greece has of "their" Alexander the Great is ridiculous. If that were so, also Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan among many others could be proud of their "Greek" heritage and origins....
M.VIB.M.
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H.J.Vrielink.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
