Quote Originally Posted by anonymous_joe
Alexander's mother Epirot, so the Greeks were happy to call him a barbarian.


PS. thanks for explaining eggy.
Well to be true that couldnt be an issue even in ancient standaeds cause Molossoi were as it was believed descendents of Neoptolemos son of Achilleus. They were Pelasgoi in origin and that makes them more ancient than anybody except the Arcadians. Anyway the whole issue during ancient times started as a propaganda trying to boost Athenian spirit and offcourse the eternal localistic rivals between state-cities. How ironic that their own Iphicratians turned back as boomerang in the form of Macedonian phalanx.