Debunking the “Alexander Wasn’t Greek” Hoax A viral post claims Alexander the Great wasn’t Greek but “Pelasgian” or “Albanian,” and calls mainstream history “Greek propaganda.” Let’s unpack that — because every single point in that list is built on pseudohistory, myth, and misread ancient sources. 1. “Alexander separated himself from the Greeks.” False. In Arrian’s Anabasis (2.7.9), Alexander addresses “Macedonians and the rest of Greeks” in his army — distinguishing between groups of allies, not denying his Greekness. Alexander competed at Greek athletic festivals, read Homer in Greek, and saw himself as continuing the Greek heroic tradition of Achilles. 2. “Philip and Olympias weren’t Greek but Pelasgian.” Invented. The royal house of Macedon — the Argeads — traced their lineage to Heracles of Argos . The Greeks at Olympia accepted this ancestry, allowing Philip II to compete in the Olympics (reserved only for Greeks). The “Pelasgian” theory is a 19th-century myth ...
