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The Slavic look is mostly present in Southern Greece despite the fact that people consider Macedonia to be the core of it.
In my opinion,we should label IE Greeks as the original Greeks since they were the ones that brought the proto-Greek into what is nowdays called Greece.
Attic Greek was a corrupted version of original Greek,and that's behind the debate of whether Macedonians or Epirotans were Greek.
Macedonia and Epirus geographically are isolated and distinct from the Greek cities,hence the primitive form of their language and traditions.
Herodotus talks about king Kadmos etc.,which is a living proof that Athens,Aegean,Minoan etc. were a blend of people.
But Macedon and Epirus were Homeric traditionalist societies and the form of government was pure IE.
Women were held high in pre-democratic societies and that was present in Macedon let alone the Doric Sparta,which survived on strict racialism.
For me,the pure Greeks(to a large extent at least) can be found today in Epirus.
Macedonia is now inhabited by Greek settlers from Asia Minor(and we can't label those,since they lived there for centuries) and Hellenized Slavs(mostly of Bulgarian origin,judging by the toponyms).
After small trips I've made, Megara and Phokis are looking very IE Greek for my taste.
Cretan is pre-IE,same for Cyprus.
The Peloponese is full of Greeks of Slavic origin and some Semitic tribes too.
Thessaly is a good place to spot IE since Northern Epirotans relocated there after Gheg Albanians expanded southern after the Byzantine decline.
Thrace is inhabited by Hellenized Thracians for the most part and some Turkomans.
In general,Ionian islands and Epirus are the most IE Greek people for me.
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