78R3902 SMC-F

By:  Bonnen                                                       H.R. No. 107



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Philip of Macedonia, his son, Alexander the Great, 
and his tutor, Aristotle, were born and raised in the northern 
province of Greece, Macedonia; and
	WHEREAS, The language and culture of the ancient Macedonians, 
the ancestors of the inhabitants of northern Greece of today, were 
Hellenic; and
	WHEREAS, The Macedonians, like the rest of the Hellenes in 
antiquity, believed in the 12 gods of Olympus and participated with 
their fellow Hellenes in the Olympic Games; and
	WHEREAS, Pella, the palace where Alexander the Great was 
born, and Vergina, the burial site of the Macedonian kings, are all 
located in northern Greece; and
	WHEREAS, The history of ancient Macedonia has been Hellenic 
for the last 3,000 years and continues to be today; now, therefore, 
be it
	RESOLVED,  That the House of Representatives of the 78th 
Texas Legislature hereby recognize that the ancient Macedonians are 
Hellenes and that the inhabitants of the northern province of 
Greece, Macedonia, are their Hellenic descendants.