Peresadyes
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The Peresadyes (Ancient Greek: Περεσάδυες)[1] were a tribe that lived in the ancient region of Illyria and ruled[2] over, or with the Enchelii, or the Sesarethi, and were part of the Taulantii group[3] of tribes. About their classification they had been identified as Illyrian tribe,[1] however, recent research has strengthened the possibility that they were Thracians.[4]
The name itself is very close to Thracian Berisades[2] (Ancient Greek: Bηρισάδης), suggesting a possible Thracian origin. The Peresadyes also seem to have had contact with Thracians.[5] Some historians have suggested that they weren't a distinct Illyrian tribe, but a part of the Dardani.[6] They gave birth to what later became the Bardylis dynasty, eventually ruling the Dardanii themselves.[7] Strabo recorded what most likely Hecataeus wrote about them, saying that they joined the dynasty of the Enchelii[1] and the term Sesarethii is used as a synonym for Peresyades, but at the same time for Enchelii by Strabo.[8] They ruled the area of modern Trebeništa near lake Ohrid around the 7th century BC,[citation needed] in Macedonia, but declined heavily by 475 BC.