Odomanti

[2] The Odomanti are noted by Herodotus, Thucydides, Stephanus of Byzantium and Pliny the Elder.

The tribe were settled upon the whole of the great mountain Orbelus,[7] extending along the northeast of the lower Strymonic plain, from about Melnik (Bulgaria) and Sidirokastro (Greece) to Zikhne inclusive, where they bordered on Pangaion, the gold and silver mines of which they worked with the Pieres and Satrae.

The northwest portion of their territory lay to the right of Sitalces as he crossed Mount Cercine; and their general situation agrees with the description of Thucydides (ii.

Cleon invited Polles, their chieftain, to join him with as many Thracian mercenaries as could be levied.

During the Roman period, most of their land belonged to the territory ("chora") of the ancient city of Sirra (today Serres)[8] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed.