Who may have hellenized ancient Macedonians, if we assume, despite proof for the contrary, that they were not a greek tribe ?
This is a question that none could give an answer. Assuming that ancient Macedonians were not speaking Greek the large number of Doric and thus non-attic words found in their spoken language, let alone place-names, month-names, attributes to Gods and Goddesses, festival names etc seem to zero the probability that Athenians were the ones who hellenized them. The large number of archaic greek words not used by other Greeks of that time preclude any other greek city-state or kingdom of the classic times to be responsible for that alleged ‘hellenization’. Remembering the not so friendly relations between the Macedonians and the Athenians, the vastness of the Macedonian kingdom as opposed to that of the city state of Athens, and its population -Macedonians were able to form sizeable armies, by Greek standards- it is highly unlikely that any other Greek state or Athens could have undertaken such an enormous task and had it completed in a 10-20 year period. On the other hand, Alexander A’ whe
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