[sect. 2]
Paeonian tribes had once occupied the hill country from the
Illyrian mountains to Rhodope, and the valleys of the Axius and
Strymon, though it is curious to find them as far east as Perinthus.
They were early driven from their homes by Macedonians in the
West and Thracians in the East, retaining in H.'s time only the
rough upper valleys of the Axius and Strymon (Thuc. ii. 96), and
some tracts of land lower down the latter stream; cf. 13-15 and
vii. 20. 2 n.
The Paeonian dogs were celebrated fighters, Pollux v. 46, 47.
For the horses cf. Mimnermus, fr. 17 Παίονας ἄνδρας ἄγων ἵνα τε
κλειτὸν γένος ἵππων.
