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Ηδωνοί (EL)
Edonians (EN)

Ισχυρός θρακικός λαός, γνωστός για την οργιαστική λατρεία του Διονύσου, ο οποίος πήρε το όνομά του είτε από τον Ηδωνό, γιο του Άρη και της Καλλιρόης, κόρης του ποτάμιου θεού Νέστου, αδελφό, όπως παραδίδεται, του Βίστωνα, του Οδόμαντα ή και του Μύγδονα, είτε από το όρος Ηδωνός, παρακλάδι του Αίμου, που δεν ταυτίζεται όμως με καμία από τις ονομασίες των σημερινών βουνών. Τα όρια και η έκταση της χώρα τους θεωρούνταν ασταθή, φαίνεται όμως να είχαν κατακλύσει ολόκληρη την περιοχή ανάμεσα στους ποταμούς Στρυμόνα και Νέστο. Το ποτάμι που σήμερα λέγεται Γαλλικός ονομαζόταν παλαιότερα Ηδωνός, πράγμα που υποδηλώνει την παρουσία της θρακικής φυλής. Σύμφωνα με τη μυθολογική παράδοση, ο βασιλιάς τους, Λυκούργος, φέρθηκε εχθρικά στον Διόνυσο, γι’ αυτό και τιμωρήθηκε με παραφροσύνη. Πετσόκοψε τον γιο του με τσεκούρι, ενώ νόμιζε ότι κατακόβει κλήμα. Όταν ξαναβρήκε τη λογική του, διαπίστωσε ότι η γη του είχε πληγεί από σιτοδεία. Ο Διόνυσος έδωσε χρησμό ότι η ξηρασία θα συνεχιζόταν, αν ο Λυκούργος δεν θανατωνόταν. Έτσι οι Ηδωνοί τον οδήγησαν στο όρος Παγγαίο, όπου άγρια άλογα τον κατασπάραξαν. Σύμφωνα με άλλη εκδοχή, ο Ηδωνός ήταν γιος του Ποσειδώνα και της Έλλης, η οποία είχε σωθεί από τον θεό της θάλασσας μετά την πτώση της από το χρυσόμαλλο κριάρι. (EL)
A powerful Thracian people, known as devotees of Dionysus, who took their name either from Edonus, son of Ares and Callirhoe, daughter of the river-god Nestos, traditionally the brother of Biston, Odomas and Mygdon, or from Mount Edonus, a spur of Haemus, which however cannot be identified with any of the names used today for those mountains. The boundaries and extent of their territory are thought to have varied, but they seem to have occupied the whole area between the Strymon and the Nestos. The river known today as the Gallikos was once called Edonos, which would seem to indicate their presence there.    According to mythological tradition their king, Lycurgus, was punished with madness for his hostility towards Dionysus. He took an axe to his son, thinking he was cutting down a grapevine. When he recovered his senses, he found that his land had become barren. The oracle of Dionysus said the drought would continue until Lycurgus was killed, and so the Edonians took him to Mount Pangaeon where he was torn apart by wild horses. In another version, Edonus was the son of Poseidon and Helle, who had been saved by the god of the sea when she fell from the back of the golden-fleeced ram. (EN)


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Barbarian (Thracian?) warrior
Barbarian (Thracian?) warrior
Date
400 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Classical Period
Item type
Relief
Creator
θρακικό εργαστήριο, Thracian workshop
Place
Sofia
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Armed Thracian woman attacking
Armed Thracian woman attacking
Date
480 BC - 450 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Early Classical Period
Item type
Vase
Creator
Ζωγράφος του Ικάρου, Painter of Icarus
Place
Athens
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Thracian warriors charging
Thracian warriors charging
Date
450 BC - 400 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Middle Classical Period
Item type
Vase
Place
Madrid
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Thracian women fill their hydriai from the fountain
Thracian women fill their hydriai from the fountain
Item type
Vase
Creator
Ζωγράφος του Αιγίσθου, Painter of Aegisthus
Place
Madrid
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Three Thracian warriors
Three Thracian warriors
Date
450 BC - 400 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Middle Classical Period
Item type
Vase
Creator
The Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy, Attic workshop, Ζωγράφος της Κενταυρομαχίας του Λούβρου, αττικό εργαστήριο
Place
Nola
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
The Thracian rider
The Thracian rider
Date
31 BC - 324
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Roman Period
Item type
Relief
Place
Thasos Island
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Thracian rider and departure of warriors
Thracian rider and departure of warriors
Date
480 BC - 450 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Early Classical Period
Item type
Vase
Creator
Painter of Pistoxenos, Ζωγράφος του Πιστόξενου
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Armed Thracian woman
Armed Thracian woman
Date
480 BC - 450 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Early Classical Period
Item type
Vase
Creator
Ζωγράφος του Βρυγού, Brygos Painter
Place
Madrid
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Warrior wearing a Thracian cloak
Warrior wearing a Thracian cloak
Date
535 BC - 480 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Archaic Period
Item type
Vase
Creator
The Colmar Painter, Attic workshop, Ζωγράφος του Colmar, αττικό εργαστήριο
Place
Faleri
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Palatine Anthology 16.127
Palatine Anthology 16.127
Item type
Text
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Antigone 955-965
Antigone 955-965
Item type
Text
Creator
Σοφοκλής
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Histories 7.110
Histories 7.110
Item type
Text
Creator
Ηρόδοτος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Bibliotheca 3.5.1
Bibliotheca 3.5.1
Item type
Text
Creator
Απολλόδωρος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Astronomica 2.20.1
Astronomica 2.20.1
Item type
Text
Creator
Υγίνος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Ethnica 298.17
Ethnica 298.17
Item type
Dictionary
Creator
Στέφανος Βυζάντιος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Ethnica 171.8
Ethnica 171.8
Item type
Dictionary
Creator
Στέφανος Βυζάντιος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
The death of Orpheus
The death of Orpheus
Date
450 BC - 400 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Middle Classical Period
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Place
Sofia
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
The death of Orpheus
The death of Orpheus
Date
450 BC - 400 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Middle Classical Period
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Place
Sofia
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
The death of Orpheus and Thracians
The death of Orpheus and Thracians
Date
480 BC - 450 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Early Classical Period
Item type
Vase
Creator
Villa Giulia Painter, Attic workshop, Ζωγράφος της Villa Giulia, αττικό εργαστήριο
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)




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