The Peresadyes ( Ancient Greek: Περεσάδυες) [1] were a tribe that lived in the ancient region of Illyria and ruled [2] over, or with the Enchelii, or the Sesarethi, and were part of the Taulantii group [3] of tribes. About their classification they had been identified as Illyrian tribe, [1] however, recent research has strengthened the possibility that they were Thracians. [4]
The name itself is very close to Thracian Berisades [2] ( Ancient Greek: Bηρισάδης), suggesting a possible Thracian origin. The Peresadyes also seem to have had contact with Thracians. [5] Some historians have suggested that they weren't a distinct Illyrian tribe, but a part of the Dardani. [6] They gave birth to what later became the Bardylis dynasty, eventually ruling the Dardanii themselves. [7] Strabo recorded what most likely Hecataeus wrote about them, saying that they joined the dynasty of the Enchelii [1] and the term Sesarethii is used as a synonym for Peresyades, but at the same time for Enchelii by Strabo. [8] They ruled the area of modern Trebeništa near lake Ohrid around the 7th century BC,[ citation needed] in Macedonia, but declined heavily by 475 BC.
The Peresadyes ( Ancient Greek: Περεσάδυες) [1] were a tribe that lived in the ancient region of Illyria and ruled [2] over, or with the Enchelii, or the Sesarethi, and were part of the Taulantii group [3] of tribes. About their classification they had been identified as Illyrian tribe, [1] however, recent research has strengthened the possibility that they were Thracians. [4]
The name itself is very close to Thracian Berisades [2] ( Ancient Greek: Bηρισάδης), suggesting a possible Thracian origin. The Peresadyes also seem to have had contact with Thracians. [5] Some historians have suggested that they weren't a distinct Illyrian tribe, but a part of the Dardani. [6] They gave birth to what later became the Bardylis dynasty, eventually ruling the Dardanii themselves. [7] Strabo recorded what most likely Hecataeus wrote about them, saying that they joined the dynasty of the Enchelii [1] and the term Sesarethii is used as a synonym for Peresyades, but at the same time for Enchelii by Strabo. [8] They ruled the area of modern Trebeništa near lake Ohrid around the 7th century BC,[ citation needed] in Macedonia, but declined heavily by 475 BC.