6 Herodotus, the earliest author we know of to have used the term “Philhellene”, does so with reference not to a Greek, but to a barbarian ruler.

What race is ancient Greek?

Quote from video: We often think of ancient greek society as white. But the ancient world including greece was a diverse. Place full of different people from different places who define themselves by their ethnicity.

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