1 Introduction
The Peloponnesus peninsula was almost uninhabited when the Greeks arrived, but Thracia had a large indigenous population.
The Greeks made many settlements in Thracia, but there was no large-scale movement of people to establish many towns at once.
The Greeks who settled in Thracia mixed with the indigenous peoples in the surrounding areas, and Strabo calls them Thracians.
Here I describe the Bronze Age history of Thracia, Macedonia, and Paeonia.
2 History of Thracia
2.1 Migration from Arcadia
In 1430 BC, a flood occurred in central Arcadia, and the affected inhabitants migrated in search of new lands. Dardanus, son of Electra, daughter of Orchomenus, son of Lycaon, emigrated to Samothrace. [1]
At this time, Dardanus' brother Emathion settled in Thracia just past the Chalcidice peninsula. Emathion became ruler of Sithonia. [2]
2.2 Migration from Phoenicia
In 1426 BC, Cadmus, son of Agenor, emigrated from Sidon in Phoenicia via Samothrace to Thracia, north of the Chalcidice peninsula. Cadmus discovered gold deposits near Mount Pangaeus. [3]
The gold deposits were discovered by Telechines, also known as the Idaean Dactyls, who accompanied Cadmus. [4]
Cadmus' mother Telephassa died there. [5]
2.3 Migration to Boeotia and Phocis
In 1420 BC, Cadmus and Tereus were driven from their homes by a tsunami and moved south.
Cadmus migrated to Boeotia and founded Cadmeia (later Thebes). [6]
Tereus migrated to the area near Daulis in Phocis. [7]
Tereus married Procne (or Progne), daughter of Pandion, the fifth king of Athens. [8]
Tereus is said to have been a Thracian. [9]
However, since he married the daughter of the king of Athens, who was a Pelasgian, Tereus is thought to have been a Pelasgian who separated from the Dardanus immigrants and settled in Thracia.
Tereus may have been the brother of Emathion and Dardanus.
2.4 Migration from Athens
In 1390 BC, Boreas led a group of immigrants from Athens, which had been hit by a tsunami, to the interior of the mainland opposite Samothrace. [10]
Boreas found a suitable place to settle by traveling up the Hebrus River and its tributary, the Rheginia River. The Rheginia River was formerly called the Erigon River, and was located at the foot of Mount Haemon, near the Sarpedon Rock. [11]
Boreas' settlement is believed to have been near Ipsala in present-day northwestern Turkey.
2.5 Migration from Eleusis
In 1390 BC, Ceryx, son of Eumolpus, joined the migration of Boreas and emigrated from Eleusis to Thracia. [12]
The settlement of Ceryx is assumed to have been near the Hebrus River.
From the following, Ceryx's wife is assumed to have been Chione, daughter of Boreas and Orithyia.
1) Eumolpus, son of Chione, led the Thracians and rushed to the side of the Eleusinians, who were fighting the Athenians. [13]
Chione was the daughter of Orithyia, daughter of Erechtheus, the sixth king of Athens. [14]
2) The tomb of Eumolpus, son of Chione, was located in Eleusis. [15]
3) The descendants of Eumolpus, son of Ceryx, were the high priests who established the initiation rites in Eleusis. [16]
2.6 Migration from Anatolia
2.6.1 Founding of Salmydessus
In 1380 BC, Phineus, son of Belus, migrated from the land of Ethiopians near Cyzicus to the southwestern shore of the Black Sea and founded Salmydessus. [17]
Belus led a colony on a voyage with Boreas, and then, after leaving Boreas, invaded the Aegean Sea into the depths of the Hellespontos. Belus entered Propontis and settled near the mouth of the Aesepus River, just before Cyzicus. [18]
Phineus was the brother of Cepheus, father of Andromeda, wife of Perseus, son of Danae. [19]
Salmydessus was near the source of the Rheginia River, which flowed through the area where Boreas lived.
2.6.2 Eponym of Odrysae
The 5th century BC historian Pherecydes reports that Thynus and Mariandinus, the two sons of Phineus, gave their names to the Thynians and the Mariandynians. [20]
Also, Lucius Flavius Arrianus, born in Bithynia, reports that Thynus and Mariandinus' father was Odrysus, the eponym of the Odrysae. [21]
Thus, Phineus was probably the ancestor of the Odrysae, also known as Odrysus.
Probably, the descendants of Phineus and Boreas' daughter Cleopatra expanded their settlement westward from Salmydessus.
2.7 Founding of Galepsus
In 1375 BC, Galepsus, son of Thasus, moved to the mainland opposite Thasus and founded Galepsus. [22]
Galepsus' grandfather Cilix, son of Agenor, emigrated from Egypt to Thebe near Mount Ida in the Troad, via Sidon in Phoenicia.
Cilix's son Thasus emigrated from Thebe to Thasus. [23]
He was probably accompanied by the Idaean Dactyls, who were skilled in metallurgy, and Thasus was famous for its gold production. [24]
Thasus' son Galepsus is presumed to have emigrated to the mainland in search of further gold deposits.
There was a gold deposit at Scapte-Hyle near Galepsus. [25]
2.8 Marriage to Salmydessus
In 1370 BC, Phineus married Cleopatra, daughter of Boreas. [26]
Phineus' father Belus and Cleopatra's father Boreas were in the same migration group.
Although Belus and Boreas settled far away from each other, they continued to have contact with each other.
2.9 Marriage of Ceryx and Chione
In 1370 BC, Ceryx, son of Eumolpus, married Chione, daughter of Boreas. [27]
Ceryx and Boreas were leaders of the migration group and were companions in the migration.
2.10 Migration to the Western Black Sea
In 1365 BC, Boreas' sons Zetes and Calais migrated to the Hyperboreans. [28]
The island inhabited by the Hyperboreans was later an island in the river to which the Triballians fled when Alexander the Great attacked Thracia. The island was 22 km upstream from the mouth of the Ister (now Danube), the largest of the seven mouths of the river that flows into the west coast of the Black Sea, called the Sacred Mouth. The island was surrounded by cliffs and was called Peuce. [29]
Even after they had become friends with Alexander the Great, the Triballians did not allow him to land on the island. [30]
2.11 Expedition to Eleusis
In 1352 BC, Immaradus, son of Eumolpus of Eleusis, fought against Erechtheus, the sixth king of Athens, and both were killed in battle. [31]
Eumolpus, son of Chione, came from Thracia to support Eleusis. [32]
2.12 Migration to Eleusis
In 1350 BC, Eumolpus of Eleusis died, and Ceryx, son of Eumolpus, migrated from Thracia to Eleusis to take over the cult. [33]
After Immaradus' death, the cult of Eleusis was conducted by Immaradus' father Eumolpus. [34]
2.13 Migration from Salmydessus to various places
In 1350 BC, the sons of Phineus migrated from Salmydessus to various places.
2.13.1 Migration to Bithynia
Bithynus, son of Phineus, migrated from Salmydessus to land across the Bosporus. [35]
The region was first called Bebrycia and then Mygdonia, but it was named after Bithynus and was called Bithynia. [36]
2.13.2 Migration to Mariandynia
Phineus' son Mariandinus migrated further east than Bithynus to the southern shore of the Black Sea. [37]
The inhabitants of that region became known as the Mariandynians, and the land later became Heraclea. [38]
2.13.3 Migration to Paphlagonia
Paphlagon (or Paphlagonus), the son of Phineus, migrated further east than Mariandinus to the southern shore of the Black Sea. The region became known as Paphlagonia after his name. [39]
2.13.4 Migration to Phrygia
Thynus, the son of Phineus, migrated from Salmydessus across the Bosporus to the area around Mount Olympus, southwest of Lake Ascania. [40]
The inhabitants of that region became known as the Thynians after his name. [41]
Thynus' mother, Idaea, was the daughter of Dardanus, the founder of the Trojan Empire. Hecba (or Hecbe), daughter of Cisseus (or Dymas), son of Eioneus, son of Thynus, became the wife of Priam, son of Laomedon.[42]
2.14 Migration to Tauric Chersonese (present-day Crimea Peninsula)
In 1345 BC, the two sons of Phineus, Polymedes and Clytius (or Plexippus and Pandion), migrated from Salmydessus to Tauric Chersonese on the northern shore of the Black Sea. [43]
2.15 Marriage from Ethiopia
In 1332 BC, Daeira, daughter of Benthesicyme, who lived in Ethiopia, a settlement of Belus, married Eumolpus, son of Chione, who lived in Thracia. [44]
Benthesicyme is probably the daughter of Cepheus, son of Belus. [45]
The marriage of Eumolpus to Daeira suggests that Chione's father Boreas and Belus were in the same migration group and that there was subsequent contact between the two.
2.16 Migration to Eleusis
In 1315 BC, Eumolpus, son of Chione, emigrated from Thracia to Eleusis to continue the cult. [46]
Eumolpus, son of Musaeus, son of Antiophemus, son of Eumolpus, founded the initiation rites and became high priest, and his descendants came to be called Eumolpidae. [47]
2.17 Founding of Ismarus
In 1310 BC, Ismarus, son of Eumolpus, son of Chione, founded Ismarus near the sea between the Hebrus and Nestus rivers in Thracia. [48]
His wife was the daughter of Tegyrius, king of the Thracians. [49]
Tegyrius was probably a Ciconian and descended from Phineus, son of Belus.
The poet Orpheus was an Odrysian and a Ciconian. [50]
In other words, the Ciconians were probably a branch of the Odrysians.
Ismarus was a town of the Ciconians. [51]
Before Euanthes migrated there, the Ciconians lived in Ismarus. [52]
2.18 Migration from Methone
In 1301 BC, Charops, son of Methon, emigrated from Methone in Macedonia to Bisaltia in Thracia. [53]
2.19 Marriage from Pieria
In 1278 BC, Calliope, daughter of Pierus, was married off from Pieria to Ismenius, son of Charops, who lived in Bisaltia. [54]
Charops was the son of Methon, brother of Calliope's father Pierus.
2.20 Migration from near Parnassus
In 1268 BC, Philammon migrated from near Mount Parnassus to the northern Chalcidice peninsula. [55]
Philammon's wife, Argiope, was an Odrysian. [56]
2.20 Migration to Thebes
In 1250 BC, Linus, son of Ismenius, son of Charops, migrated from Bisaltia to Thebes. [57]
Pierus, son of Linus, brother of Linus' mother Calliope, lived at Thespiae in Boeotia. [58]
2.21 Migration from Chios
In 1230 BC, Euanthes, son of Oenopion, son of Ariadne, migrated from Chios to Ismarus in Thracia. [59]
There is no kinship between Euanthes and Ismarus, son of Eumolpus.
Euanthes was presumably driven out of Chios by the Carians. [60]
2.22 Marriage to Pimpleia
In 1230 BC, Menippe, daughter of Thamyris, was married off from the northern Chalcidice peninsula to Oeagrus, son of Pierus, who lived in Pimpleia, Macedonia. [61]
Oeagrus and Menippe were of the same race, sharing a common ancestor, Magnes, son of Aeolus.
2.23 Migration to Thebes
In 1225 BC, Musaeus, son of Thamyris, migrated to Thebes from the northern Chalcidice peninsula. [62]
2.24 Founding of Maroneia
In 1215 BC, Maron, son of Euanthes, son of Oenopion, founded Maroneia near Ismarus. [63]
Maron was a priest of Apollo in Ismarus. [64]
Maroneia was a town of the Ciconians. [65]
2.25 Migration to Macedonia
In 1190 BC, Macedon, son of Maron, migrated from Maroneia to Macedonia. [66]
There is a tradition that Macedonia was named after Macedon, son of Maron, but it is more likely that it was named after Macedon, son of Aeolus. [67]
2.26 Migration from Lemnos
In 495 BC, the Pelasgians, who lived in Lemnos, were driven out by Miltiades, son of Cimon, and migrated to the Chalcidice peninsula, settling in Cleonae, Olophyxis, Acrothoi, Dium, and Thyssus. [68]
The leader of the Pelasgians was Hermon. [69]
Some of them later crossed over to Scyros. [70]
Some of them also moved inland from the Chalcidice peninsula and settled near Paeonia.
In 429 BC, the Sintians lived next to land of the Paeonians. [71]
The Sintians were the name given to the Pelasgians of Lemnos after they had abducted the daughters of Brauron in Attica. [72]
Strabo, on the other hand, writes that the Sintians of Thracia settled in Lemnos.[73]
2.27 Genealogy of the Thracians
The first inhabitant of Thracia was Emathion, son of Electra, and the inhabitants were the Pelasgians. [74]
Then the Pelasgians and the Aeolians, led by Boreas and Ceryx, settled there.
At the same time, the Achaeans, led by Phineus, son of Belus, who had settled in Anatolia, settled there. [75]
The Odrysians and the Ciconians were probably born from the interbreeding of Boreas, Ceryx, Belus, and the indigenous peoples.
The Cretans, led by Euanthes, who came from Chios, lived together with the Ciconians. [76]
The Pelasgians, Aeolians, and Cretans settled in Thracia before the Trojan War, and it is assumed that they lived together with many indigenous peoples.
3 History of Macedonia
3.1 Migration from Thessaly
In 1350 BC, two sons of Aeolus, Magnes and Macedon, emigrated from Arne in Thessaly to the area near Mount Olympus. Macedon was the first Greek to live in Macedonia, and he became the Macedonia's godfather.[77]
3.2 Migration to Thessaly
In 1330 BC, Glaphyrus, son of Magnes, migrated from near Mount Olympus to near Lake Boebeis in Thessaly and founded Glaphyrae. [78]
3.3 Founding of Methone
In 1320 BC, Methone, son of Magnes, migrated from near Mount Olympus to the northwestern shore of the Thermaic Gulf and founded Methone. [79]
However, it was only a settlement at that time, and it seems that it was only called Methone after the Eretrians began to live there. The Eretrians had settled in Corcyra during the Trojan War, but were expelled from the island by the Corinthians in 734 BC. The Eretrians went to their homeland of Eretria in Euboea, but were prevented from landing. They settled in Methone on their way to Thracia. [80]
3.4 Founding of Emathia
In 1315 BC, Emathion, son of Macedon, founded Emathia near the sea. [81]
3.5 Founding of Pieria
In 1310 BC, Pierus, son of Magnes, founded Pieria (later Lyngus) on the north side of Mount Olympus. [82]
3.6 Founding of Europus
In 1305 BC, Europus, son of Macedon, son of Aeolus, and Oreithyia, daughter of Cecrops, migrated from near Mount Olympus to the land (a little north of the future Pella) between the Ludias and Axius rivers and founded Europus. [83]
3.7 Founding of Beris
In 1305 BC, Beres, son of Macedon, migrated from near Mount Olympus and founded Beris in Macedonia. [84]
3.8 Marriage from Paeonia
In 1302 BC, Pierus, son of Magnes, married Evippe, daughter of Paeon, from Paeonia. [85]
Pierus was a cousin of Evippe's grandfather Endymion.
3.9 Migration to Bisaltia
In 1301 BC, Charops, son of Methon, emigrated from Methone to Bisaltia in Thracia. [86]
3.10 Founding of Mieza and Beroea
In 1295 BC, Mieza and Beroea were founded in Macedonia. Mieza and Beroea were the names of the daughters of Beres, son of Macedon, son of Aeolus. [87]
3.11 Founding of Acessamenae
In 1280 BC, Acessamenus, who lived in Pieria, founded Acessamenae in Macedonia. [88]
Acessamenus was probably the son of Pierus, son of Magnes.
3.12 Marriage from Pieria
In 1261 BC, Periboea, daughter of Acessamenus, who lived in Pieria, married Axius, son of Mygdon, who lived in Mygdonia. [89]
3.13 Migration to Boeotia
In 1250 BC, Pierus, son of Linus, son of Pierus, emigrated from Pieria to Thespiae in Boeotia. [90]
Pierus established a sanctuary for the Muses on Mount Helicon and established nine Muses. [91]
Pierus was the grandfather of the famous poet Orpheus. [92]
Strabo describes Pierus as a Thracian, but he was an Aeolian, descended from Aeolus, son of Hellen.[93]
3.14 Emigration from Crete
3.14.1 The settlement of Botton
In 1235 BC, a group of Cretan immigrants led by Botton settled in Macedonia. [94]
Botton was presumably the son of Daedalus, who fled from Athens to Minos in Crete. [95]
Botton and his brother Iapyx set sail from Crete in search of a place to settle.
Iapyx settled in the southeastern part of the Italian peninsula. [96]
Botton led some of his people to emigrate to Macedonia. [97]
Botton's settlement was west of the Axius River, which flows into the Thermaic Gulf, and north of the Haliacmon River. [98]
3.14.2 Indigenous Peoples
A little north of the future Pella was Europus, founded by Europus, son of Macedon, son of Aeolus, and Oreithyia, daughter of Cecrops. [99]
The colony of Botton included Athenians who had been sent from Athens to Crete in the time of Aegeus. [100]
The inhabitants of Europus also included Athenians who had emigrated with Oreithyia in marriage.
Botton was the son of Daedalus, son of Merope (or Alcippe), daughter of Pandion, son of Cecrops, father of Oreithyia, mother of Europus. [101]
Europus was thus a cousin of Botton's grandmother.
The settlement of Botton came to be called Bottiaea, and its inhabitants Bottiaeans. [102]
3.14.3 Migration to Chalcidice
Around the 6th century BC, the Bottiaeans were driven by the growing power of the Argeadae and migrated to the lands adjacent to the Chalcidians' land. [103]
The Bottiaeans settled on the eastern shore of Lake Ascania in Bithynia and founded Ancore. [104]
3.15 Migration from Boeotia
In 1235 BC, Oeagrus, son of Pierus, migrated from Thespiae in Boeotia to Pimpleia near Mount Olympus. [105]
3.16 Marriage from Thracia
In 1230 BC, Oeagrus, son of Pierus, married Menippe, daughter of Thamyris, who lived in the northern part of the Chalcidice peninsula. [106]
Oeagrus and Menippe were of the same race, sharing a common ancestor, Magnes, son of Aeolus.
3.17 Migration from Thracia
In 1190 BC, Macedon, son of Maron, emigrated from Maroneia in Thracia to Macedonia. [107]
Maron was the son of Euanthes, son of Oenopion, son of Ariadne, daughter of Minos.
The people who migrated with Macedon to Macedonia were Cretans, and their settlement was probably Bottiaea.
3.18 Troyan War Era
In 1188 BC, Priam, son of Laomedon, died, and Antenor's sons invaded Troy and captured Ilium.
Mygdon's descendants also invaded Troy. [108]
Iphidamas, son of Antenor and Theano, lived in Macedonia. [109]
Antenor's sons ruled the Troad until Ilium was recaptured by Hector's sons in 1170 BC.
3.19 Settlement of Caranus
In 750 BC, Pheidon's son Caranus led a colony from Argos to a place called Edessa (later Aegeae) near Mount Bermius. [110]
Caranus' choice of a settlement near Mount Bermius was likely influenced by Pheidon's silver coinage, which established the first weights and measures. [111]
Mount Bermius contained the deposits from which Midas' wealth was derived. [112]
In Paeonia, a short distance away, gold could be found even in the fields where it was cultivated. [113]
Caranus fought and defeated Cisseus, a native of a nearby area. [114]
This Cisseus was presumably a descendant of Cisseus, the maternal grandfather of Iphidamas, who appears in the Iliad. [115]
His ancestor Cisseus lived in Macedonia. [116]
3.20 Migration to Phrygia
In 670 BC, Perdicas, son of Tirimmus, son of Coenus, son of Caranus, expelled the indigenous people from the neighboring lands. [117]
Midas, son of Gordias, led the Briges in migration to Phrygia from near Mount Bermius. [118]
The Pierians migrated to Phagres near Mount Pangaeus. [119]
3.21 Migration from Mycenae
In BC468 the Mycenaeans, attacked by Argives, escaped from the Mycenae to Alexander, son of Amyntas of Macedonia. [120]
Alexander was a descendant of Temenus, who led the Heracleidae to rule in Argos. [121]
It seems contradictory that the Mycenaeans, under attack from Argos, should seek refuge under Alexander, a descendant of Temenus.
But by that time the descendants of Temenus were no longer the rulers of Argos. [122]
3.22 Genealogy of the Macedonians
3.22.1 Early inhabitants
The first inhabitant of Macedonia, from whom the region takes its name, was Macedon, son of Aeolus, and the inhabitants were the Aeolians. [123]
The descendants of Macedon and his brother Magnes spread throughout Macedonia and were called Pierians and Emathians. [124]
The Cretans, led by Botton, then migrated there and were called Bottiaeans. [125]
The ancestors of Midas also migrated from Paeonia and settled near Mount Bermius.
Midas is thought to have been a descendant of Mygdon, and the inhabitants were the Pelasgians.
3.22.2 Inhabitants after Caranus' Migration
After Caranus, the son of Pheidon, migrated from Argos, the inhabitants of Macedonia were expelled. [126]
However, the inhabitants of Macedonia did not become Dorians.
The inhabitants of Argos during Caranus' time were probably the following:
1) Achaeans, Arcadians, and Lydians led by Heracles
2) Ionians who migrated from Attica to Doris with the children of Heracles
3) Dorians and Cadmeans who migrated from Doris to Argos with Heracleidae
Later, Mycenaeans who were chased by the Argives joined the Macedonians. [127]
3.22.3 Inhabitants absorbed by the expansion of the territory
Many inhabitants were absorbed into Macedonia without being expelled from their homes due to the expansion of the territory of the descendants of Caranus. Among them were the Parauaei. [128]
The Parauaei lived in Dotian in Thessaly, but were chased by the Lapiths and migrated to Aethicia in the Pindus mountains. [129]
The Parauaei were the Centaurs, a branch of the Aenianians. [130]
The Aenianians were a Greek people whose name was that of the Amphictyons. [131]
4 History of Paeonia
4.1 Migration from Elis
In 1320 BC, Paeon, son of Endymion, emigrated from Elis to Paeonia. [132]
Paeon's grandfather Aethlius was the founder of Elis in Eleia from Arne in Thessaly. [133]
Paeon was the son of Endymion, son of Aethlius, son of Aeolus, father of Magnes, father of Methone. Thus, Paeon is thought to have emigrated to Paeonia relying on his father's cousin Methone.
As evidence, Paeon's daughter Evippe married Methone's brother Pierus. [134]
Paeon's settlement was probably not located upstream of the Strymon River, but closer to the sea.
4.2 Marriage to Pieria
In 1302 BC, Paeon's daughter Evippe was married to Pierus, son of Macedon, who lived in Pieria. [135]
Pierus was a cousin of Evippe's grandfather Endymion.
4.3 Marriage to Bisaltia
In 1278 BC, Pierus' daughter Calliope was married off from Pieria to Ismenius, the son of Charops, who lived in Bisaltia. [136]
Charops was the son of Methon, the brother of Calliope's father Pierus.
4.4 Migration from Anatolia
4.4.1 Antenor
In 1244 BC, a battle took place at Troad between the descendants of Ilus, son of Tros, and the descendants of Assaracus, son of Tros. Antenor, son of Aesyetes, son of Capys, son of Assaracus, who lost the battle, emigrated to Paeonia. [137]
4.4.2 Mygdon
Mygdon, who sided with Antenor, also emigrated from Mysia of Olympene to Paeonia. [138]
Theano, daughter of Mygdon's son Cisseus, was Antenor's wife. [139]
The Idaean Dactyli also traveled with Mygdon to Europe and became an engineer for the mining of the wealth of Mygdon's descendant Midas. [140]
4.5 Migration to Thracia
The Paeonians, who lived in the Strymon River basin, marched to the north bank of the Propontis and captured Perinthus. [141]
Perinthus was founded in 1060 BC by some of the Samians who had been driven out of Samos and fled to Samothrace. [142]
The Paeonians are presumed to be descendants of Mygdon, who migrated from Mysia of Olympene to Paeonia. Perinthus was formerly called Mygdonia. [143]
The Paeonians' campaign took place between the founding of Perinthus and the time of Darius I. [144]
4.6 Migration to Asia
In 490 BC, some of the Paeonians (Siropaeonians, Paeoplians) were forced to emigrate to Asia by Megabyzus, a general of Darius the Great. [145]
4.7 Genealogy of the Paeonians
The first inhabitant of Paeonia, from whom the region takes its name, was Paeon, son of Endymion, and the inhabitants were the Aeolians. [146]
Paeon's daughter Evippe married Pierus, son of Magnes, who lived in Pieria, and had a son Acessamenus. [147]
Acessamenus' daughter Periboea married Axius, son of Mygdon. [148]
Antenor, who migrated with Mygdon from Anatolia to Paeonia, married Theano, daughter of Mygdon's son Cisseus. [149]
Mygdon was a Doliones who lived in Mysia of Olympene. The ancestors of the Doliones were Pelasgians, originally from Argos. [150]
Antenor was the son of Aesyetes, son of Capys, whose ancestor Dardanus was a Pelasgians, originally from Arcadia. With Antenor, the Trojans, originally from Creta, also migrated to Paeonia.
During the Trojan War, the descendants of Antenor and Mygdon returned to the Troad.
Then, a leader who was the result of the intermarriage of the Paeonians, Mygdon, and Antenor families ruled the Paeonians. The Aeolians, Pelasgians, and Trojans interbred with the natives to form a unique race, the Paeonians.
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