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	ODRYSIA Articles The Odrysian kingdom was a union of
		ODRYSIA Articles The Odrysian kingdom was a union of
		Its former capital was Uscudama or Odrysia which is now the city of Edirne, in the European part of Turkey.
		In 429 BC, Sitalces organized a massive campaign against the Macedonians, with a vast army from independent Thracian and Paionian tribes, but was obliged to retire through failure of provisions, and the comming winter.
	www.amazines.com /Odrysia_related.html (684 words)

	Thracian language - 4c
		As the second name Odrysa (-ia) appeared later, I am inclined to think it was given by the Greeks to the town of Uscudama, after the latter established itself as a main centre of the Odrisi.
		That is, the town was called ‘Odrisian (town)’ (compare to the form Odrysia in Steph.
		The tribal name Odrysai itself is a totem name, derived from the Thracian word for the otter: it must have sounded as Udrusai (with dr instead of tr) from the IE udr-us-oi, compare with the Old-Ind. udrá-h ‘water animal’, the Avest.
	www.kroraina.com /thrac_lang/thrac_4c.html (702 words)

	Thracian language - 4c
		As the second name Odrysa (-ia) appeared later, I am inclined to think it was given by the Greeks to the town of Uscudama, after the latter established itself as a main centre of the Odrisi.
		That is, the town was called ‘Odrisian (town)’ (compare to the form Odrysia in Steph.
		The tribal name Odrysai itself is a totem name, derived from the Thracian word for the otter: it must have sounded as Udrusai (with dr instead of tr) from the IE udr-us-oi, compare with the Old-Ind. udrá-h ‘water animal’, the Avest.
	members.tripod.com /~Groznijat/thrac/thrac_4c.html (702 words)

	Odrysium Carmen — Infoplease.com
		The poetry of Orpheus, a native of Thrace, called Odrysia tellus, because the Odrysës were its chief inhabitants.
		Odrysium Carmen - Odrysium Carmen The poetry of Orpheus, a native of Thrace, called Odrysia tellus, because the...
		Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: O - Definitions, origins, and illustrative excerpts for words, phases, and literary allusions starting with "O" See a map of "" in the
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/brewers/odrysium-carmen.html (98 words)

	Ancient Greek Festivals
		Only in Arcadia, where the natives remained and were not compelled to migrate, their observance continued.
		According to Plutarch they were introduced by Orpheus the Odrysia.
		The Thesmophoria are probably a form of rites common in Western Asia and Europe in which the main feature is a lamentation for the decay of vegetation and a rejoicing at its revival (Brittanica)
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/FestivalsT.htm (650 words)

	Friedman
		Those, moreover, that were as dead, not being partakers of the true life, have come to life again, simply by becoming listeners to this song.
		Orpheus was associated with three mountains- - "Cithaeron, Helicon and the mountains of the Odrysi." He was the son of Calliope, a Muse on Mount Helicon; he sang the hymns and codified the theology of the god Dionysus on Cithaeron; and he tamed savage beasts and men in the mountains of Thracian Odrysia.
		Instead they rationalized the legend to mean that he was simply an extraordinary man who served as a civilizing force and peacemaker among the savage tribes of Odrysia.
	www.pythagorean.org /Renaissance/fried.htm (12500 words)

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