Dexaroi

The Dexaroi (Ancient Greek: Δεξάροι) were an ancient Chaonian tribe living under Mount Amyron. In ancient literature the Dexari are mentioned only by the ancient Greek writer Hecataeus of Miletus (6th century BC), cited by Stephanus of Byzantium (6th century AD).[1][2] The Dexaroi were the northernmost tribe that belonged to the Chaonian group, one of the three major North-Western Greek-speaking tribes of Epirus.

Mount Amyron has been identified by some modern scholars with Mount Tomorr, in present-day Albania. The mountain was probably located in a region that in Roman times was called Dassaretis. The Dexaroi have been supposedly equated with the Dassaretii by some scholars, hence they are also referred to as Dassaretae in some modern sources. However, all these hypothetical connections remain uncertain.[3]

  1. ^ Šašel Kos 1993, p. 118: "The Dexari and the Amyrus mountain are mentioned solely in this passage."
  2. ^ Bogdani 2012, p. 365: "...la nostra conoscenza di questa tribù detta caona, i Dexaroi appunto, è limitata a questa unica citazione.54"
  3. ^ Kaljanac 2010, p. 56