The Epirotes

The Epirotes and Macedonians were not Greek people

-Second and final part-

What we have said of Epirotes, we can support even the ancient Macedonians. It is historically proven that, as the Epirotes, this nation had its own language, different from all the Greek dialects, had a kind of governance that was completely different from that of the Greeks, had its own laws, its customs, its military organization, which had nothing in common with that of Hellas. To demonstrate this thesis we will only turn to history. Let's start with Plutarch, who tells us how Alexander killed his friend Cleitus the heart:

Alexander, drunk with wine and anger, came out of his tent and spoke in Macedonian language to his guard and his soldiers. (Free translation).

According to various authors and historians, the Macedonian language was different from all the other languages ​​that were spoken in Greece. From this it can be seen that Alexander the Great did not use the Greek language because the Macedonians would not have understood. The language they knew and spoke the soldiers of Philip II and Alexander the Great could not be that the language of the ancient Pelasgians, the same that was spoken in Epirus, what he calls shqipe the eagle and which today is spoken everywhere in Albania. In many ancient writings are mentioned the Aetolians who were bordering on Epirus, and they spoke a mixed language, a little 'Greek and a little' pelasga, which was called barbaric. The reason why such a spoke dialect was that they (the Aetolians) on one side bordered with Greece and the other with the Epirus. This detail, which we confirmed by many historians, reinforces our contention that the language of Epirotes was the language of the Pelasgians and that this language, as we have said previously, it was completely different from the dialects spoken in different regions of Greece.

The Greek language was worked into society, in which we studied, as today is studied in some centers of Albania. It is likely that in the court of Philip II and his courtiers Pirro, high officials and rulers would write and speak in greek and cultivate writing and Greek literature. We must also consider that the Greek language was studied only in Epirus and Macedonia, this language was widespread in Asia and Africa, as well as in Rome and throughout Italy. This was because the greek language was advanced, the most appropriate at this time to connect different peoples who had business relations or policies. Then the Greek language was studied as it is now studying French, which has become a universal language *.

Nobody can deny that the Greeks have reached the highest point of glory through the progress of their civilization. Their language became the liturgical language of all. Not only that, their art, their relationships and their knowledge of them had elevated to first place among the ancient civilizations. But we do not believe that all those who spoke the Greek language were Greeks, or their ethnic group. What we have written so far shows that the Epirotes and Macedonians were the people who had a common origin as that of the Aetolians, the Ionians, etc.. Since their appearance on the political scene, they were kept separate from the Greeks and had formed an autonomous their society. They were people with characteristics that had nothing in common with the Greek civilization. They had their own independent political and social life, and never had the causes in common with Greece, or sympathy for his politics.

The only element of affinity were the pagan gods. But these deities were introduced by the Pelasgians and the Greeks that "embraced" their religion. The names of these deities have a clear meaning and convincing in the Albanian language.