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ARTICLES RELATED TO Macedon | | | |  Macedon: Encyclopedia II - Macedon - Hellenic controversyThe controversy whether or not ancient Macedonia should be considered a Hellenic state is addressed variously: based on ancient sources, and on linguistic evidence. Neither approach is conclusive, Herodotus seems to assert that the Macedonian aristocracy was of Achaean origin while Macedonian people were of Dorian stock. Linguistics seems to point inconclusively to either Macedonian as an archaic form of Greek, Macedonian as part of a Graeco-Macedonian subfamily of Indo-European, or Macedonian as an in ...
See also:Macedon, Macedon - Early history, Macedon - Expansion, Macedon - Decline, Macedon - Calendar, Macedon - Language, Macedon - Hellenic controversy, Macedon - Herodotus, Macedon - Linguistics Read more here: » Macedon: Encyclopedia II - Macedon - Hellenic controversy |
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| | | | Macedon: Encyclopedia II - Thessaloniki - History
Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era.
The city was founded circa 315 BC by Kasander, the King of Macedon (Gr. Μακεδών), on or near the site of the ancient town of Therma and 26 other local villages. He named it after his wife Thessalonica, the sister of Alexander the Great. She gained her name from her father, Philip II of Macedon, to commemorate her birth on the day of his gaining a ...
See also:Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - History, Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era, Thessaloniki - Roman Era, Thessaloniki - Byzantine era and Middle Ages, Thessaloniki - Modern times, Thessaloniki - Historical population, Thessaloniki - Historical mayors, Thessaloniki - Economy, Thessaloniki - Festivals, Thessaloniki - Communications, Thessaloniki - Radio, Thessaloniki - Television, Thessaloniki - Transportation, Thessaloniki - Sport clubs, Thessaloniki - Climate, Thessaloniki - Twinnings, Thessaloniki - Landmarks, Thessaloniki - Museums, Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites, Thessaloniki - Monuments, Thessaloniki - People, Thessaloniki - Bibliography Read more here: » Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia II - Thessaloniki - History |
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| | | | Macedon: Encyclopedia II - Ancient Macedonian language - Classification Due to the fragmentary attestation widely diverging interpretations are possible. The suggested historical interpretations of Macedonian include (Mallory and Adams (1997), p. 361):
a Greek dialect mixed with Illyrian languages or the Thracian language, suggested by Kretschmer (1896) and E. Schwyzer (1959)
a Greek dialect with a non-Indo-European substratal influence, suggested by M .Sakellariou (1983)
an Illyrian dialect mixed with Greek (suggested by K. O. Müller (1825) and by G. Bonfante 1987)
an independent Indo-European language close to Greek, Thracian and Phrygian languages ...
See also:Ancient Macedonian language, Ancient Macedonian language - Properties, Ancient Macedonian language - Classification, Ancient Macedonian language - Graeco-Macedonian Group, Ancient Macedonian language - Ancient Greek dialect, Ancient Macedonian language - Independent Palaeo-Balkan language, Ancient Macedonian language - Classical sources, Ancient Macedonian language - Adoption of the Attic dialect, Ancient Macedonian language - Sample glossary Read more here: » Ancient Macedonian language: Encyclopedia II - Ancient Macedonian language - Classification |
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| | | | Macedon: Encyclopedia II - Thessaloniki - History
Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era.
The city was founded circa 315 BC by Alexander, the King of Macedon (Gr. Μακεδών), on or near the site of the ancient town of Therma and 26 other local villages. He named it after his wife Thessalonica, the sister of Alexander the Great. She gained her name from her father, Philip II of Macedon, to commemorate her birth on the day of his gaining a ...
See also:Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - History, Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era, Thessaloniki - Roman Era, Thessaloniki - Byzantine era and Middle Ages, Thessaloniki - Modern times, Thessaloniki - Historical population, Thessaloniki - Historical mayors, Thessaloniki - Economy, Thessaloniki - Festivals, Thessaloniki - Communications, Thessaloniki - Radio, Thessaloniki - Television, Thessaloniki - Transportation, Thessaloniki - Sport Clubs, Thessaloniki - Climate, Thessaloniki - Twinnings, Thessaloniki - Landmarks, Thessaloniki - Museums, Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites, Thessaloniki - Monuments, Thessaloniki - People, Thessaloniki - Bibliography Read more here: » Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia II - Thessaloniki - History |
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| | | | Macedon: Encyclopedia II - Thessaloniki - History
Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era.
The city was founded circa 315 BC by Kasander, the King of Macedon (Gr. Μακεδών), on or near the site of the ancient town of Therma and 26 other local villages. He named it after his wife Thessalonica, the sister of Alexander the Great. She gained her name from her father, Philip II of Macedon, to commemorate her birth on the day of his gaining a ...
See also:Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - History, Thessaloniki - Hellenistic Era, Thessaloniki - Roman Era, Thessaloniki - Byzantine era and Middle Ages, Thessaloniki - Modern times, Thessaloniki - Historical population, Thessaloniki - Historical mayors, Thessaloniki - Economy, Thessaloniki - Festivals, Thessaloniki - Communications, Thessaloniki - Radio, Thessaloniki - Television, Thessaloniki - Transportation, Thessaloniki - Sport clubs, Thessaloniki - Climate, Thessaloniki - Twinnings, Thessaloniki - Landmarks, Thessaloniki - Museums, Thessaloniki - Archaeological sites, Thessaloniki - Monuments, Thessaloniki - People Read more here: » Thessaloniki: Encyclopedia II - Thessaloniki - History |
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| | | | Macedon: Encyclopedia II - Thrace - History The indigenous population of Thrace were, and still are a Greek race called Thracians. Divided into separate tribes, the Thracians did not manage to form a lasting political organization until the Odrysian state was founded in the 4th century BC.
The Thracians fell early under the cultural influence of the ancient Greeks, preserving till a much later time, however, their language and culture. It also appears from mythological accounts that the Thracians influenced Greek culture from a very early period, with some Thracians even appear ...
See also:Thrace, Thrace - History, Thrace - Cities of Thrace, Thrace - Bulgarian, Thrace - Greek, Thrace - Turkish, Thrace - Famous Thracians, Thrace - Sources Read more here: » Thrace: Encyclopedia II - Thrace - History |
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| | | | Macedon: Encyclopedia - Andros
Andros, or Andro (Greek: Άνδρος), an island of the Greek archipelago, the most northerly of the Cyclades, approximately 10 km (6 miles) south east of Euboea, and about 3 km (about 2 miles) north of Tinos. It is nearly 40 km (25 miles) long, and its greatest breadth is 16 km 10 miles. Its surface is for the most part mountainous, with many fruitful and well-watered valleys. Andros, the capital, on the east coast, contained about 2000 inhabitants in 1900. The island had about 18,000 inhabitants in (1900) with the den ...
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