I've heard this theory argued from:>A cultural basis>A genetic argument>Legal/historical basisI can't make a determination (and I don't trust sensationalist YouTubers) so what do you think?
>>18057479>Are modern Greeks just Slavs?No, that’s absurd.
No, but they have heavy Slavic admixture for sure besides Greek islanders. In the Northern regions they can be up to half Slavic.
No, they're Albanians
>>18057497low IQ tefal head fantasies
They have medieval Slavic admixture.
>>18057479they are partly Slavic and Albanian mutts but they still are majority genetically Greek
Greeks have mostly anatolian and slav admixture. They were "romans" but decided to get rid of that identity to larp as ancient greeks. Its a meme country with a lot of western pr. Ive been there, its basically albania with some zeus statues and a higher standard of living (still a shithole)
>>18058582The statue of Zeus was destroyed centuries ago.
>>18058584>the statue>the
>>18057496I think half is too high, i haven't seen anything above 1/3
How the fuck did Greece get away with stealing a dead civilizations identity and branding itself as western europe.
>>18058623Westoids were onboard with it and actively encouraged it. The entire byzantine era is just skipped over in greek history classes, they go from alexander straight to 1820s
>>18058623>>18058726If you read the Alexiad even Byzantine Greeks referenced their old Hellenic culture and artists. It was always a continuation, and they are still about a third Ancient Greek on average genetically.
>>18058582I loved it and wasn't staying anywhere touristy. Obviously different if you're vacationing, but everyone I've ever met who's been has been in a rush to go back. Great country, great people if you take stats and orderly goggles off.
>>18058726>The entire byzantine era is just skipped over in greek history classes, they go from alexander straight to 1820sThis is not true at all.It's the exact opposite side of the "muh byzantines didn't identify as descendants of the Hellenes they only had a Christian Roman identity" which was bullshit, they referenced Classical and Hellenistic Greeks mythology and history and figures all the time.
Slavic influences are mostly in place names and in village practices in northern Greece.
>>18057479No, they're turks
>>18058753>and they are still about a third Ancient Greek on average genetically.If you mean archaic or classical samples, then sure. But later Hellenistic samples, especially from coastal Anatolia, are extremely close to modern populations, with the biggest influx after that being Slavic.
>>18059821Yes we know that by that time they were Hellenized shitskins with minimal Nordic Mycenaean blood
>>18059905>Nordic Mycenaeanwhy did nordic mycenaeans potray themselves with black hair and eyes if they were nordic?
>>18060013those are helots
>>180600221.those were high class women2.there were no helots in mycenae, mycenaean civilization existed centuries before the dorian invasion and the development of the helot system in sparta
