Edonis (region)

[1] Later, the Greeks settled in the region, drove out the Edonians and built several colonies, including Amphipolis and Eion.

[2] It was bordered by Odomantice in the north, Bisaltia in the west, and the Aegean Sea in the south, and was separated from Thrace proper by the river Nestos in the east.

[3] Within its limits was Pangaion, whose mines were being exploited by Philip II after his conquest and the annexation of the region to the kingdom of Macedon.

[4] Thucydides testified that at the foot of Pangaion settled Pierians, who had been expelled from their homeland, Pieria, when the Macedonians conquered it.

[5] Edonis and especially mount Pangaio was one of the oldest worship places of the gods Apollo, Dionysus and Orpheus.