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Thracians �Coming second after the Hindus, the Thracians are the most numerous of all peoples. The Thracians have numerous names, each tribe, depending on its country. But they all have approximately the same customs and rituals�� wrote Herodotus (5th century BC), called the Father of History. The Thracians � Indo-Europeans by origin � were a large people. Brave and fearless, they were highly valued as hired warriors in the armies of Ancient Greece, as well. The Thracians were the most horrendous gladiators in Rome. One of them was the famous Spartacus, the leader of a big uprising of the slaves in 74-71 B.C. The Thracians cultivated wheat, barley, rye and millet; they had highly developed viticulture. The Thracian grain and the Thracian wine were famous throughout the whole ancient world. The Thracians were skilled stockbreeders, too. Their horses were on demand in Antiquity. The rich and fertile Thracian lands drew the eyes of the ancient Greeks. From the 7th century B.C. they started establishing colonies along the Black Sea coast, most famous among which were Apollonia (present-day Sozopol), Anhialo (present-day Pomorie), Mesembria (present-day Nessebur), Odessos (present-day Varna), Dionysopolis (present-day Balchik). These colonies became crossing points of different ancient cultures, evidence of which have been the rich archaeological finds. The earliest Thracian states appeared during the 1 millennium B.C., reaching their flowering during the 6th century B.C. Most powerful was the Kingdom of the Odryssai, named after the Odryssai dynasty. Around the 5th century B.C. the Kingdom of the Odryssai was the largest state in Europe; its territories extended from the Danube to the Aegean and from the river Strouma to the Black Sea. The Thracians worshipped the Great Mother Goddess and her son � the Sun. Among the deities they honoured was the so-called Thracian Horseman, a horseman-hunter depicted on stone slabs. The cult for him was so powerful that it was continued and developed into the image of Christian Saint George. The most popular in the Thracian religious doctrine was the mythical singer and spiritual teacher Orpheus. He had been an unsurpassed musician, and even the wild beasts listened in to his music. Another legend has it that he had descended in the Underworld, in search of his beloved Euridice. He could not restrain from looking at her, while they were on their way out, and thus he lost her forever. The legendary Orpheus became part of the mythology of the ancient Greeks (the myth about the campaign of the Argonauts); he was often a character in the plays of the Old Greek playwrights. The Thracians believed in life after death. They buried their dead joyfully and merrily; they organized gorgeous feasts with wine, and different contests. Archaeologists often uncover magnificent table sets, used by them in feasts. Featuring among them are the treasures from the village of Borovo (near present-day Rouse), from the village of Rogozen (near present-day Vratsa). Reminiscences of the Thracian wine holidays are now embodied in the feast day of Trifon Zarezan, annually celebrated at the beginning of the month of February. A Thracian burial feast is depicted on the central frieze of the famous Kazanluk Tomb, one of the masterpieces of Thracian burial architecture that has survived to our time. Presumably, it reflects the funeral feast of Seuthes III (330-300 B.C.), the great Thracian king of the Odryssai An intriguing artistic detail in the tomb is the battle between Thrace and Macedonia, when the Thracians took prisoner Agathocles, the son of Lysimachus, the governor of Thrace under Alexander the Great. Numerous other unique Thracian temples and tombs have also been found in the present-day Bulgarian lands: near the village of Starosel, Hissarya region, Preperikon near Kurdzhali, Mezek, close to the town of Svilengrad, in the village of Alexandrovo, Haskovo region. http://www.bulgariatravel.org/eng/view_rubric.php?r=hist&id=3

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