On the Malice of Herodotus
In On the Malice of Herodotus Plutarch criticizes the historian Herodotus for all manners of prejudice and misrepresentation. It has been called the “first instance in literature of the slashing review.”[10] The 19th century English historian George Grote considered this essay a serious attack upon the works of Herodotus, and speaks of the "honourable frankness which Plutarch calls his malignity."[11] Plutarch makes some palpable hits, catching Herodotus out in various errors, but it is also probable that it was merely a rhetorical exercise, in which Plutarch plays devil's advocate to see what could be said against so favourite and well-known a writer.[3] According to Plutarch scholar R. H. Barrow, Herodotus’ real failing in Plutarch’s eyes was to advance any criticism at all of those states that saved Greece from Persia. “Plutarch,” he concluded, “is fanatically biased in favor of the Greek cities; they can do no wrong.”[12]
From wikipedia the source of all the data collected on Alexander was from Herodotus and Plutarch is also live in the Roman Empire that has become Greece after the invasion of the romans. So i have sourches and proof from Herodotus prior to Plutarch that say that Macedonian are Greek, which is of course what Plutarch also say in his manuscrips but even if we take your book as it says why would Herodotus say the excact opposite from Plutarch which Plutarch took from Herodotus any information from his work to write about Alexander???
To many question, no real answear with scientific proof......except your bad transalted book you have.
