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Also known as Dryopians

Dryopes (; ) or Dryopians () were one of the aboriginal tribes of ancient Greece. According to Herodotus, their earliest abode is said to have been on Mount Oeta in Central Greece and its adjacent valleys, in the district called after them, Dryopis (Δρυοπίς). The Dorians settled in that part of their country which lay between Oeta and Mount Parnassus, and which was afterwards called Doris; but Dryopis originally extended as far north as the river Spercheios. The name of Dryopis was still applied to the latter district in the time of Strabo, who calls it a tetrapolis, like Doris.

Key facts

Language.name
Dryopian language
Language.region
Mount Oeta, Spercheios, Hermione (Argolis), Ambracia, Ambracia
Language.era
c. 2400-1200 BCE (North), 1200-700 BCE
Language.familycolor
unclassified
Language.family
Unattested Possibly Pelasgian language?

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Wikidata facts

Country
Greece
Located in
Greece
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described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
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Article · Italiano

I Driopi (in greco antico: Δρύοπες) erano una tribù dell'antica Grecia. Secondo Erodoto, un tempo vivevano in un luogo chiamato Driopide (in greco antico: Δρυοπίς), compreso tra la Malide e la Focide e che si insinuava nella Doride. Furono scacciati dai Mali (ovvero gli abitanti della Malide) e presumibilmente da Ercole, dopo che egli ne uccise il re Teiodamante; il figlio del sovrano, Ila, che era ancora un ragazzo, venne risparmiato e divenne poi lo scudiero-amante dell'eroe. Alcuni Driopi si rifugiarono ad Ermioni. altri finirono a Styra in Eubea, a Kythnos e ad Asine in Argolide. Successivamente, Tucidide identificò la Driopide con Caristo, nell'Eubea meridionale

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