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What's in a name? : Comments
By Peter Hill, published 2/2/2011Greek national identity seems to be so fragile that it is threatened even by a dispute over who 'owns' Alexander the Great.
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Whatever the Macedonians ethnic and cultural affinities, the ancient Greeks thought that they were barbarians and not genuine Greeks. I doubt if the average 4th century BC Athenian would have wanted to 'own Alexander', before his successful rampage through Asia.
Perhaps Australia is not the only country 'searching for identity'.