The letter below to the editor of the Archaelogy Magazine was sent by Professor Miller on January 22nd 2009. I had not seen it until it was sent to me via email only last week and I thought it must be shared.
It is definitely worth a read and as is the case for most of “us” Hellenes, it is interesting that Professor Miller brings up with documented evidence what most of us have known from stories passed down to us from our parents and grandparents. The stories of Megas Alexandros that us Hellenes have inherited are not just fairytales, myths or fabricated propaganda but as shown in the letter below they are substantiated events captured in historical texts.
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January 22, 2009
Letter from American Professor S. Miller, on “Macedonia”
Editor, Archaeology Magazine
36-36 33rd Street
Long Island City, NY 11106
U.S.A.
Dear Sir,
I opened the January/February issue of Archaeology today and eagerly turned to “A Letter from Macedonia” only to discover that it was actually a letter from ancient Paionia – the land north of Mt. Barmous and Mt. Orbelos. Livy’s account of the creation of the Roman province of Macedonia (45.29.7 and 12) makes clear that the Paionians lived north of those mountains (which form today the geographically natural northern limits of Greece) and south of the Dardanians who were in today’s Kosovo. Strabo (7. frag 4) is even more succinct in saying that Paionia was north of Macedonia and the only connection from one to the other was (and is today) through the narrow gorge of the Axios (or Vardar) River. In other words, the land which is described by Matthew Brunwasser in his “Owning Alexander” was Paionia in antiquity. Read the rest of this entry »
Πρόλαβα μια εποχή που οι δημοσιογράφοι ήταν δημοσιογράφοι και όχι τηλεπερσόνες και μεγαλοπαράγοντες. Τότε τα δελτία ήταν μισής ώρας και έπαιζαν πραγματικές ειδήσεις, ενώ οι εφημερίδες στηρίζονταν στο ρεπορτάζ. Πρόλαβα μια εποχή όπου ο κόσμος αισθανόταν το δημοσιογράφο δίπλα του, σύμμαχο ενάντια στην αδικία και όχι ένα λαμόγιο.
Alex & Eve The Wedding had a dream run at The Factory with almost every performance night being a sell-out show and deservedly so. It’s a very clever and witty story that makes the audience laugh while still tackling an issue that we have seen so many times in our family lives.
