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The earliest surviving record of the Sacred Band by name was in 324 BC, in the oration Against Demosthenes by the Athenian logographer Dinarchus.He mentions the Sacred Band as being led by the general Pelopidas and, alongside Epaminondas who commanded the army of Thebes (Boeotia), were responsible for the defeat of the Spartans at the decisive Battle of Leuctra (371 BC).
Pages in category "Macedonian rock music groups" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Macedonian rock music groups (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Macedonian musical groups" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
2.1.5 Popular and folk music. 2.1.5.1 Composers. 2.1.5.2 ... This is a list of notable Macedonians or people of Macedonian descent sorted by occupation and year of ...
The Macedonian royal family, like those of Epirus, emphasized "blood and kinship in order to construct for themselves a heroic genealogy that sometimes also functioned as a Hellenic genealogy". [246] Gold Macedonian stater of Alexander the Great, struck at the Memphis mint, dated c. 332–323 BC. Obv: Goddess Athena wearing Corinthian helmet.
Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə; Greek: Μακεδονία, Makedonía), also called Macedon (/ ˈ m æ s ɪ d ɒ n / MASS-ih-don), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, [6] which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. [7]
There are several lists of Macedonians, people who live or lived in the region of Macedonia: List of Macedonians (ethnic group) List of Macedonians (Greek) List of Macedonian Bulgarians; List of Macedonian Turks; List of ancient Macedonians; List of Macedonian Americans
The music of the Balkans is known for complex rhythms. Macedonian music exemplifies this trait. Folk songs like "Pomnish li, libe Todoro" (Помниш ли, либе Тодоро) can have rhythms as complex as 22/16, divided by stanza to 2+2+3+2+2+3+2+2+2+2, a combination of the two common meters 11=2+2+3+2+2 and 11=3+2+2+2+2 (sheet music).