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To: Alter Kaker
Has this man ever met a Greek woman? They're not exactly known for being overwhelmingly blonde. Nobody knows for sure what Cleopatra looked like, although some coins suggest she was large and dumpy.

Macedonian does not mean Greek - they were a different ethnic group. In the time of Alexander's father, they were considered half-civilized savages who lived on the edge of the Greek world.

The present-day Greeks have also had considerable racial intermixing since Ptolemy's (or Cleopatra's) day, with Turks, Normans, etc.

17 posted on 03/26/2005 1:49:56 PM PST by SedVictaCatoni (<><)
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To: SedVictaCatoni

The large barbarians from the north (Germania) invaded the Shore People who hailed from Asia Minor--twice (once as "Dorians"). Things got mixed up.


29 posted on 03/26/2005 2:07:18 PM PST by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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