THE EARLY AGE OF GREECE VOL.I by W.Ridgeway 1901
MACEDONIA is GREECE and will always be GREECE- (if they are desperate to steal a name, Monkeydonkeys suits them just fine) ΚΑΤΩ Η ΣΥΓΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΔΟΤΩΝ!!! Strabo – “Geography” “There remain of Europe, first, Macedonia and the parts of Thrace that are contiguous to it and extend as far as Byzantium; secondly, Greece; and thirdly, the islands that are close by. Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece, yet now, since I am following the nature and shape of the places geographically, I have decided to classify it apart from the rest of Greece and to join it with that part of Thrace which borders on it and extends as far as the mouth of the Euxine and the Propontis. Then, a little further on, Strabo mentions Cypsela and the Hebrus River, and also describes a sort of parallelogram in which the whole of Macedonia lies.” (Strab. 7.fragments.9) ΚΚΕ, ΚΝΕ, ΟΝΝΕΔ, ΑΓΟΡΑ,ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ,ΝΕΑ,ΦΩΝΗ,ΦΕΚ,ΝΟΜΟΣ,LIFO,MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER, GREECE,IKEA
MACEDONIA is GREECE and will always be GREECE- (if they are desperate to steal a name, Monkeydonkeys suits them just fine)
ΚΑΤΩ Η ΣΥΓΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΔΟΤΩΝ!!!
Strabo – “Geography”
“There remain of Europe, first, Macedonia and the parts of Thrace that are contiguous to it and extend as far as Byzantium; secondly, Greece; and thirdly, the islands that are close by. Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece, yet now, since I am following the nature and shape of the places geographically, I have decided to classify it apart from the rest of Greece and to join it with that part of Thrace which borders on it and extends as far as the mouth of the Euxine and the Propontis. Then, a little further on, Strabo mentions Cypsela and the Hebrus River, and also describes a sort of parallelogram in which the whole of Macedonia lies.”
(Strab. 7.fragments.9)
ΚΚΕ, ΚΝΕ, ΟΝΝΕΔ, ΑΓΟΡΑ,ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ,ΝΕΑ,ΦΩΝΗ,ΦΕΚ,ΝΟΜΟΣ,LIFO,MACEDONIA, ALEXANDER, GREECE,IKEA
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<strong>THE</strong> HOMERIC <strong>AGE</strong>. 313<br />
offered a like explanation for the lion mask and the great silver<br />
ox-head.<br />
On the other hand the Homeric shield is constantly described<br />
as circular, very circular, equal in every direction,<br />
having a boss, extending to the feet, bordered (KVKXoTepijf,<br />
evKVKXoi;, irdvroij iiGrj, ofi^akoeacra, irohrjveKrj'i, repfxioeaaa).<br />
Later on it will be shown that circular shields with bosses<br />
are a characteristic feature not only of the Bronze, but also of<br />
the Iron Age in the countries lying north of Greece.<br />
314 <strong>THE</strong> HOMERIC <strong>AGE</strong>.<br />
The archaeologists have made desperate efforts to reconcile<br />
the Mycenean culture with that of the Homeric poems. They<br />
have ignored the fact that the Homeric period is the fully<br />
developed Iron Age, and <strong>by</strong> means of a few monuments found<br />
not in Mycenean tombs, but among the remains of a later date,<br />
they have sought to<br />
bridge the great gulf between the Myce-<br />
Fk;. r)'.l. Warrior Va-e frdiii Upper Stratiiin, Mycenae.<br />
Such then arc the chief fe;itures of<br />
^lycenean<br />
and Homeric<br />
arms and armour. Tlie (liscre))aiK'ies are many aiid great.<br />
The Mvceiiean wari-ior had no defence save his oblong shield,<br />
whilst the Achcan is clad in corselet, helmet, and gi-ea\-es of<br />
metal, and can-ies habitualh' a I'ound shield which bcai's a boss,<br />
but which is nevci' adorned with a blazon. The former wears<br />
onlv a garment i-ound his middle, while the lattci- is invai-iably<br />
clad in a shirt. The formci- uses swoi-ils ot' liroii/e with which<br />
he onlv thiusts, the latter swords of iron,<br />
with which he cuts.<br />
FiG. (;U. Painted Stele; Mveeiuie.<br />
nt'un Bronze Age and the Homeric- Iron Age. Thus the<br />
famous warrior vase fragment has l)een coiistaiitly cited to<br />
show that the Mycenean warrior could sometimes dress like<br />
the Hoineric. The warriors there shown (Fig. ")!) are<br />
marching (mt iu war with long s])ears, imuikI shields, with<br />
crested helmets, greaves, and fringed cliitoii.s, which are seen
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