We are Hellenes by race and culture.

Ἐσμὲν γὰρ οὖν... Ἕλληνες τὸ γένος, ὡς ἥ τε φωνὴ καὶ ἡ πάτριος παιδεία μαρτυρεῖ.

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Steven Runciman, The Great Church in Captivity (Cambridge UP, 1968) p. 122. Dieter Reinsch, "Η θεώρηση της πολιτικής και πολιτιστικής φυσιογνωμίας των Ελλήνων στους ιστορικούς της Άλωσης", in Études Balkaniques, Vol. 6: Byzance et l'hellénisme: l'identité grecque au Moyen Âge (Association Pierre Belon, 1999) p. 74

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