Almopians or Almopes (
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...
: Ἀλμῶπες or Ἀλμωπεῖς) were an ancient
Paeonian tribe. They inhabited the region of
Almopia in
Lower Macedonia, which was named after the tribe. They were expelled after the conquest of the region by
Alexander I of Macedon.
According to the Greek mythology, the founder of the tribe was thought to be the
Giant
In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''wiktionary:gigas, gigas'', cognate wiktionary:giga-, giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''gia ...
demigod
Almops whom they highly worshiped.
See also
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Paeonians
References
Paeonian tribes
Ancient tribes in North Macedonia
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