Was Alexander the Great considered a greek?

[cmp]

He's greek only when not talking to Panos.

[Kalam]

give an example please

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus

Greeks were said to reject him due to his heritage, if it were not for the fact of Roman rule, which prompted them to acknowledge him as Greek. However, this could be from the Persian half of his heritage, so you're probably right.

[JackieChan]

Macedonia was a HELLENIC CITY STATE YOU CUNT!


LIKE ATHENS, SPARTA, THEBES, CORINTH, ETC ETC, SWEET BABY JESUS MY OCD IS KILLING ME!

JUST BECAUSE GREECE WASNT UNITED BACK THEN, DOESNT MEAN THAT HELLENES WERENT GREEKS

Macedonia was not a hellenic city state, it was a kingdom ruled by a king. As teeth said they were considered barbarian by their greek counterparts

[darmaster]

panos, honestly do you really think it matters that much? the fact he was greek (or not) shouldn't make you proud of anything, since you have done nothing in alexander's conquest, nor i should be proud to be italian just because dante or caesar were italian, nor oberyn should be proud of being french just because napoleon was french and so on.

i'm more concerned about his deeds than his nationality.

[Panos_]

Macedonia was not a hellenic city state, it was a kingdom ruled by a king. As teeth said they were considered barbarian by their greek counterparts

every city state had a king

[JackieChan]

every city state had a king

Not in every case. Some were ruled by oligarchies,  monarchies, or democracies.

[zagibu]

What the fuck does it matter how national borders were thousands of years ago. God damn, people. He was clearly of Aegaeic culture, and national borders have changed a lot since then, so what? Let Panos have his national pride, it's all he really has.

[Leshma]

Alexander may be Greek but what Panos is proud about, is ancient Greece. And as Panos said, ancient Greece was divided in city states. Panos is from Athens so he doesn't have anything to do with Alexander or his Macedonians, nor Spartans he likes so much. He's from the city which was center of Greek culture and hometown of open homosexuality, not the place where fearless warriors or conquerors were born.

Panos, you're doing it wrong. You should be a poet, mathematician or simply, a bundle of sticks. Being brute won't get you anywhere because your ancestors weren't from that area, sorry bro

[darmaster]

Brutality wasn't typical of Sparta only, it was typical in the whole ancient world.

[Havoco]

He could always be a bundle of sticks sailor on Greek ships of the line. Athens had a good navy right?

[Butan]

All those nations were of the Hellenic culture, which became the Greek culture as time passed by and the country united under one banner.

[Oberyn]

Alexander may be Greek but what Panos is proud about, is ancient Greece. And as Panos said, ancient Greece was divided in city states. Panos is from Athens so he doesn't have anything to do with Alexander or his Macedonians, nor Spartans he likes so much. He's from the city which was center of Greek culture and hometown of open homosexuality, not the place where fearless warriors or conquerors were born.

Panos, you're doing it wrong. You should be a poet, mathematician or simply, a bundle of sticks. Being brute won't get you anywhere because your ancestors weren't from that area, sorry bro

Wars of defence against Achaemenids and Pelopponesian War. Athens>Lacedaemonians. Understand that you are an ignorant retard, and should stop speaking up on subjects you know nothing about. I suppose you are on the downswing of your bipolar range at the moment and don't feel like acting as if you are above trolling and being a cunt, i.e "roleplaying".                                       

[Panos_]

All those nations were of the Hellenic culture, which became the Greek culture as time passed by and the country united under one banner.

And guess who was the first one who united all the Hellenes under one banner first 

[Leshma]

Wars of defence against Achaemenids and Pelopponesian War. Athens>Lacedaemonians. Understand that you are an ignorant retard, and should stop speaking up on subjects you know nothing about. I suppose you are on the downswing of your bipolar range at the moment and don't feel like acting as if you are above trolling and being a cunt, i.e "roleplaying".                                       

No, I'm just teasing Panos. You're being way too serious as always. This whole topic is not moved to Historical Discussion for a reason, it's not meant to be a serious discussion.

No wonder you don't get it, you're just like Panos. Too proud of your heritage because it seems you got nothing else to hold on in your life. I'm sorry because of that, I truly am.

[BASNAK]

You're all wrong. He was Albanian. So was Leonidas from 300 watch the movies.