Illyrian Eneti

The Eneti or Enetoi were an Illyrian people dwelling inland of Illyria, in an area located to the north or north-west of Macedonia in classical antiquity. They were neighbors of the Dardani and the Triballi.[1] They are mentioned by ethnographic historians Herodotus (5th century BC) in the classical era and Appian (2nd century AD) in his accounts of the early 1st century BC Mithridatic Wars of the Roman Republic.[2] Also the Ethnica of Stephanus of Byzantium (6th century AD) provided information about them, which was consulted by Eustathius of Thessalonica (12th century AD) and reported in his Commentaries on Homer's Iliad.[3]

This article is about the ancient Illyian tribe. For other uses, see Eneti.

Herodotus' account (Hist. I, 196) is one of the earliest concerning the Illyrian peoples. Explaining the Babylonian custom of the annual sale of young girls ready to get married, the ancient historian remarks that the same custom was practiced by the Illyrian Eneti. Appian (Mith. 8.55) reports that Roman consul Sulla, taking advantage of an interval that arose when he was awating Mithridates' reply to the offered peace terms, marched against the tribes that neighbored Macedonia – Eneti, Dardani, and Sinti – who were continually invading that country, and devastated their territory.[4] Eustathius of Thessalonica (ad Hom. Il. 2.852, I) reports that the Ethnica of Stephanus of Byzantium recorded the Eneti as a tribe beside the Triballi.[3]

References
  1. Papazoglu 1978, p. 218; Polomé 1982, p. 866; Stipčević 1989, p. 26; Šašel Kos 2005, p. 235; Demiraj 2006, pp. 56–57; Matijašić 2011, p. 301.
  2. Papazoglu 1978, p. 177; Matijašić 2011, pp. 300–301.
  3. Matijašić 2011, p. 301
  4. Papazoglu 1978, p. 177; Matijašić 2011, pp. 300–301

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