Arian Greeks?

GrayMouser · 06-23-2012, 10:53 PM

I think this has more to do with 19th century racialism than having any factual base.

Classical references often point out the original Macedonians and Thracians as blonde-haired and blue-eyed as a way of contrasting them with the Greeks of the peninsula.

The classical Greeks were a mixture of indigenous people and several waves of invaders from the north west, Anatolia, and possibly the Levant.

And of course the people of Turkey are not Turks.

06-23-2012, 10:53 PM	#1
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	I think this has more to do with 19th century racialism than having any factual base. Classical references often point out the original Macedonians and Thracians as blonde-haired and blue-eyed as a way of contrasting them with the Greeks of the peninsula. The classical Greeks were a mixture of indigenous people and several waves of invaders from the north west, Anatolia, and possibly the Levant. And of course the people of Turkey are not Turks. __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

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