Edonis (region)
(Redirected from
Edonia
)Edonis or Edonida (
Odomantice in the north, Bisaltia in the west, and the Aegean Sea in the south, and was separated from Thrace proper by the river Nestos
in the east.
Geography and history
Edonis stretched from the lake
Achinos) and the mouth of the Strymon river in the west, to Nestos river in the east (natural border between the regions of Macedonia and Thrace
).
The region was predominantly settled by the tribe of Edoni. Later, the Greeks settled in the region, drove out the Edonians and built several colonies, including
kingdom of Macedon. After the Roman conquest, Via Egnatia was passing through Edonis and with the establishment of Philippi as a Roman colony (42 BC) most of Edonis became part of its territory (territorium).[4]
Pieris
Pierians, who had been expelled from their homeland, Pieria, when the Macedonians conquered it. There they built the namesake town Edonian Methoni in contrast to Pierian Methoni and they named the nearby land "Pieris".[5]
Towns
Edonis and especially mount Pangaio was one of the oldest worship places of the gods Apollo, Dionysus and Orpheus. The most important towns of Edonis, apart from Methoni, were also:[6][7]
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See also
- Resident Evil 6, A fictional Republic of Edonia can be visited in this game.
References
- ISBN 960-7265-16-5.
- ^ The Peloponnesian War (The Landmark Thucydides edition, Robt. B. Strassler, editor), Touchstone, New York, 1998, sec. 1.100 and 4.107, and maps 1.99 and 4.106
- ^ The Peloponnesian War (The Landmark Thucydides edition, Robt. B. Strassler, editor), Touchstone, New York, 1998, sec. 1.100 and 4.107, and maps 1.99 and 4.106
- ISBN 960-7265-16-5.
- ^ Thucydides, Book II, 99
- ISBN 960-7265-16-5.
- ^ Benjamin H. Isaac, The Greek Settlements in Thrace Until the Macedonian Conquest, p. 4-69
External links
Media related to Edonis at Wikimedia Commons