The Chaonians (Ancient Greek: Χάονες, romanized: Cháones) were an ancient Greek people that inhabited the historical region of Epirus which today is part...

pre-Hellenistic polis Phanoteia, polis Phoenice, chief polis of the Chaonians, modern-day Finiq Photike, pre-Hellenistic polis, modern-day Paramythia...

Chaon was the eponymous ancestor of the Chaonians. According to mythology, the eponymous ancestor of the Chaonians was Chaon. Etymologically, both the region...

and the Chaonians, they formed the main tribes of the northwestern Greek group. On their northeastern frontier, they neighbored the Chaonians and on their...

principal clusters of Greek-speaking tribes emerged in Epirus. These were the Chaonians of northwestern Epirus, the Molossians in the center, and the Thesprotians...

with the Chaonians and Thesprotians, were the most famous among the fourteen tribes of Epirus, who once ruled over the whole region. The Chaonians ruled...

ancient Molossians and Thesprotians and a small part of the land of the Chaonians, the greater part being in Southern Albania. It is largely made up of...

present in central Albania, while the south was inhabited by the Epirote Chaonians, whose capital was at Phoenice. Other colonies such as Apollonia and Epidamnos...

bishopric in Epirus. Originally a settlement of the Greek tribe of the Chaonians, it later became part of the state of Epirus and later a Roman colonia...

north-west area of ancient Greece. It was inhabited by the Greek tribes of the Chaonians, Molossians, and Thesprotians. It was home to the sanctuary of Dodona...

Greek tribe of the Chaonians. Its main town was called Phoenice. According to Virgil, Chaon was the eponymous ancestor of the Chaonians. The Molossians (Greek:...

the three main tribes of Epirus (i.e., Molossians, Thesprotians, and Chaonians). The oracle of Dodona was the religious, political and cultural centre...

inhabited by the ancient Greek tribe of the Chaonians. Onchesmos flourished as the port of the Chaonian capital Phoenice (modern-day Finiq). It seems...

Phoenike (Greek: Φοινίκη) was an Illyrian city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians. It was also the location of the Treaty of Phoenice which ended the First...

of the Chaonians. The town of Himarë is believed to have been founded as Χίμαιρα, (Chimaira or Chimaera, hence the name Himara) by the Chaonians as a trading...

he flung himself into a ravine and was killed. The king's people, the Chaonians, founded the city of Cichyrus around the ravine. Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata...

Illyrian populations were located, while the Epirotes, in particular the Chaonians, were located in the south of these mountains. In Hellenistic times, Çikë...

(there is ongoing debate on if the tribe was Epirote Greek or Illyrian.) Chaonians - They lived in Chaonia. Subtribes or Clans: Dexaroi Molossians - A tribal...

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the time of the Trojan War, the Epirotes (Molossians, Thesprotians and Chaonians) were not considered Hellenes, for the people so named were then limited...

Θεσπρωτοί), one of the three most prominent tribes of Epirus, along with the Chaonians and the Molossians. The Thessalians who conquered Thessaly were considered...

Χάων, gen.: Χάονος) was a Trojan hero and the eponymous ancestor of the Chaonians in Virgil's Aeneid. The story is unclear as to whether he was the friend...

inhabitants of the area around Gjirokastër were the ancient Greek tribe of the Chaonians, which belonged to the Epirote group. In antiquity the local urban centre...

located in the old town of Himara. The Chaonian castle in Himara appears to belong to the set of the earliest Chaonian fortifications. Its ancient walls probably...

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In antiquity the region was inhabited by the Greek tribe of the Chaonians. The Chaonians were one of the three principal Greek-speaking tribes of Epirus...

the Bruttii and Lucani allies on the right wing. The Thesprotians and Chaonians were deployed in the centre next to the Aetolian, Acarnanian, and Athamanian...

in antiquity. They were considered a subgroup of the Molossians or the Chaonians, while their precise location in Epirus is debated among scholars. The...

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unknown, some scholars have theorized that Olympias' mother may have been a Chaonian princess, based on the rumour that Olympias used to say that she was also...