Etymology

The first historical record of the ethnonym Thracian is found in the Iliad, where the Thracians are described as allies of the Trojans in the Trojan War against the Ancient Greeks. The ethnonym Thracian comes from Ancient Greek ???? (Thraix; plural ??????, Thraikes) or ??????? (Thraikios; Ionic: ????????, Threikios), and the