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How did mainland Greeks view northern/colonial Greeks?
I had heard that while Greeks from Epirus and Macedon were allowed to compete in the Olympics (something only Greeks could do), the southerly Greeks saw them as little more than barbarians. By southerly, I mean Greeks from the Peloponnesus, Attica, and central Greece. Is this true, or is this just something I mistakenly believe? Also, did mainland Greeks look down on colonial Greeks?
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- ?Lv 67 years agoFavorite Answer
Unlike most other Greeks of this time, who lived in or around city-states, the inhabitants of Epirus lived in small villages and their way of life was foreign to that of the poleis of southern Greece.Their region lay on the periphery of the Greek world and was far from peaceful; for many centuries, it remained a frontier area contested with the Illyrian peoples to the north. However, Epirus had a far greater religious significance than might have been expected given its geographical remoteness, due to the presence of the shrine and oracle at Dodona – regarded as second only to the more famous oracle at Delphi.