Alexanders choice of conquest.

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Anyways, weren't the macedonians thought to be of the same descent of the 'dorian' greeks who overthrew mycanaean (sp) culture c. 1200 BC i.e. the athenians and makedons would have shared some blood ties....as the athenians were 'barbarians' from the north a 1000 years prior.
Just curious....

similar Doric dialect, far different history. On the other hand the athenians spoke the Attic dialect which is part of the Ionic tradition, and were to some extent a very mixed bag, but overall more related to the Achaeans and some non-greek speakers. At least five kinds of classical greeks.


Pelasgian greeks
Non- greek-greeks (this group may in fact represent several discrete ethnos, within itself?)

Dorian greeks ...crete, peloponnesus
Including northwest Greece and Macedonia

Thessalian-Aeolic greeks

Ionic-Attic greeks

Arkadian greeks

Arcado-cypriot greeks

After MA we have development of a common greek ethnos and language, koine, which slowly replaced other dialects, yet i think some form of dorian greek is still used?

The strange thing is... if i remember right, greek as a language is considered closely related to Indo-Iranian types.