Why did Greeks feel Alexander the great was less then Greek?

Answer 1

Alexander the great was not actually a Greek ruler, as he was the King of Macedonia. Although there are quite a few similarities between Macedonian and Greek culture, Alexander was not Greek in the sense of the classical greek city states of Athens, Sparta, Thebes, or Corinth.

Answer 2

Its a common misconception that Greeks hated Alexander.to sum up the Answer there was a part of Greeks hating Phillip the father of Alexander but eventually and by the time Alexander was King they were less people hating him and more willing to join him.In order to Answer that we need to cover two things.So they were Greeks hating Alexander one of them was Demosthenes, who harbored a personal grudge against Philip because of the humiliation he suffered when he lost his power of speech at the Macedonian court (Aischines, On the Embassy 35), but beyond that Demosthenes could call anyone he did not like a barbarian (meaning non Greek), including fellow Athenians. The word, at least in some uses by Demosthenes and others, should be understood as a generic insult. But at the end when Alexander started his campaign that made him "Great" the Greeks that followed him did mostly by there free will as equals (An example is that the Spartans were invited, but declined with out any consequence for them)As a note after his death there was a revolt against the Macedonians from different Cities - States, but again it hasn't got to do with a ethnic matter it had mostly to do with the prolonged campaign that had made even the most loyal soldiers of Alexander tired, at the end even the Macedonian generals went to war with each other.