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The Dassaretae (Greek: Δασσαρέται), or Dexaroi, (Greek Δεξάροι) were an ancient Greek tribe of Epirus on the border with Illyria. They were the northern-most subtribe of the Chaonians. Theopompus writes of fourteen Epirotian tribes, speakers of a strong west-Greek dialect, of which the Dexaroi were a part. The geographer Hecataeus of Miletus of the 6th century BC described the Dexaroi, the most northern Chaonian tribe, as a Greek-speaking people. Due to their close proximity with Illyria, they are sometimes mistaken for Illyrians. Their cities were Pelion, Antipatrea, Chrysondym, Gertous (or Gerous) and Creonion.

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  • Smith, William. "A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography", p. 423.
  • Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians. Blackwell, 1992. ISBN 0631198075

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