Гърция горещо защитава Александър Велики, както и историческите - според нея - доказателства, че Македония е гръцка, позиция, която яростно се оспорва в Македония.
The country occupies some of the territory in the region that was known as Macedonia after the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC, and Greece is fiercely protective of him and what it claims is historical evidence proving Macedonia is Greek, a view vehemently disputed in Macedonia.