The Satrae were, in ancient geography, a Thracian people, inhabiting part of Mount Pangaeus between the rivers Nestus (Mesta) and Strymon (Struma). "Thracians" also refers to modern inhabitants of Thrace, regardless of ethnicity The Mesta (Места or Nestos (Νέστος is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. Strymon redirects here For the Strymon Gulf see Strymonian Gulf.
According to Herodotus, they were independent in his time, and had never been conquered within the memory of man. Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( Greek: Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek Historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( 484 BC&ndash They dwelt on lofty mountains covered with forests and snow, and on the highest of these was an oracle of Dionysus (in Perperikon), whose utterances were delivered by a priestess. Lofty may refer to Lofty ideal Mount Lofty (disambiguation Lofty's Roach Souffle, a 1990 instrumental In Classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos (in Greek, Διόνυσος or Διώνυσος; associated with Roman The ancient Thracian city of Perperikon (also Perpericon) is located in the Eastern Rhodopes, 15 km northeast of the present-day town of
They were the chief workers of the gold and silver mines in the district. Herodotus is the only ancient writer who mentions the Satrae, and Tomaschek regards the name not as that of a people but of the warlike nobility among the Thracian Dii and Bessi. Wilhelm Tomaschek, or Vilém Tomášek ( May 26, 1841, Olomouc - September 9, 1901, Vienna) was a Czech "Thracians" also refers to modern inhabitants of Thrace, regardless of ethnicity The Dii (also Dioi) were an independent Thracian tribe Swordsmen, who lived among the foothills of Mount Rhodope in Thrace The Bessi ( Vesi) were an independent Thracian tribe who lived in a territory ranging from Moesia to Mount Rhodope in southern Thrace
J. E. Harrison and others identify them with the Satyri (Satyrs), the attendants and companions of Dionysus in his revels, and also with the Centaurs. Jane Ellen Harrison ( September 9, 1850 &ndash April 5, 1928) was a ground-breaking British classical scholar linguist In Greek mythology, satyrs (Σάτυροι Satyroi) are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus – " Satyresses quot In Greek mythology, the centaurs (from Ancient Greek: Κένταυροι - Kéntauroi are a race of creatures composed of part Human The name Satrokentae, a Thracian tribe according to Hecataeus (quoted in Stephanus of Byzantium), seems to support the second identification. Stephanus of Byzantium, also known as Stephanus Byzantinus ( Greek:; fl