DID YOU KNOW
                                               ...that the Macedonian king Archalaos was a Maecenas to Athens’ playwrite Euripidus, who spent the last years of his life in the royal castle in Pela?     ...that Euripidus died in Macedonia and was buried in the city of Arethousa?     ...that the epitaph on his tomb was written by the Macedonian poet Adaios?     ...that in 217 BC the Poet Samos, 'The Macedonian from Edessa', son of Chrysagon, wrote three epigrams published in "Anthologia Palatina," 6, 114 -116?  ...that later, an epigraph was built in his memory in Larisa?     ...that Marsyas, son of Periandros, half brother of the one-eyed Antigonos Monophtalemos from Pella wrote about Macedonian history in IV century BC? ...that only fragments of his work "Makedonika" are preserved? ...that a work with the same name is known to have been written about Macedonian history in II century BC by Marsyas from Philippoi which was unfortunately not preserved?     ...that Macedonian kings in Alexandrai founded the first science institution, the so-called Museion (library, museum, zoo and botanical garden) and that they were maecenas to the scientists and the writers from all over the world who worked there?     ...that the Roman mosaics and frescos, such as Casa del Fauno in Pompei, were made based on models of Macedonian’s mosaics and frescos?     ...that the Macedonian Athens was shown holding in her hand a coin of Antigonos Gonatas, Phillip V)and was worshiped as goddess of war?     ...that Macedonian countryman had the right to talk directly to their king and criticize him. ...that they were not slaves and that the Macedonian kings didn’t have a right to sentence them to death?     ...that up until the end of the Argead dynasty, the Macedonian kings were being buried in the royal mausoleum in Aigai?     ...that Heracles was worshiped as god in Macedonia, while Helenic’s mythology considered him only a hero?     ...that the city of Dion, at the foot of Mount Olympus was a holy city for the Macedonians?     ...that in IV century BC the king Archalaos established there Olympic games for the Macedonians, because the Macedonians were, by not being Helenes, not permitted to participate in the Olympics in Olympia, Peloponnesus?      ...that in the Macedonian pantheon there is a woman divinity named MA with son-like and war-like characteristics, which doesn’t exist in Helen’s mythology?


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