Did Greek city states consider Macedonia, Greek or Barbarian?

Short answer: Greek. Long answer: The ancient Kingdom of Macedonia was definitely part of the ancient Hellenic civilization. Their language was Greek, their names are Greek, they worshiped the ancient Greek Gods etc. read more

Concerning the Macedonians, the word “barbarian” did not mean people who spoke a non-Greek language. According to ancient literary and archaeological sources, Macedonians spoke a Greek dialect. For example, Livy states : “the Aetolians, the Acarnanians and the Macedonians spoke the same language” (“ Aetolos, Acarnanas, Macedonas, eiusdem linguae homines”, XXX I.29.15). read more

Ancient Macedonians were Greek. When Macedonia, under Philip II (father of Alexander the Great) was trying to unify all Greek states in a war against the Persian Empire under his command, one politician/orator in Athens accused Maceconians of barbarian (foreign) behavior (and way of life) in order to persuade Athenians to deny alliance with Philip II. read more

They considered the democratic system of self- governing city-states as the supreme form of government and people who did not share their view on things were considered inferior, uncouth and often called barbarians. The word barbarian initially meant non-Greek but, as time went by, it became a general purpose slander word. read more