I. A mountain range in Thrace, a part of the Hæmus, now Despoto Dagh, Mel. 2, 2, 2; Verg. G. 3, 351; Ov. M. 2, 222; 10, 77.— “Acc. to the myth, originally a man,” Ov. M. 6, 87 sq.—
II. Meton., Thrace, Verg. E. 6, 30; Stat. Th. 12, 181.—Hence,
A. Rhŏdŏ-pēĭus , a, um, adj., Rhodopean, for Thracian: “arces,” Verg. G. 4, 461: “regna,” i. e. Thrace, Ov. Ib. 347: “vates,” i. e. Orpheus, id. M. 10, 11; “also called heros,” id. ib. 10, 50: “spicula,” Sil. 12, 400: “saxa,” Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 113: “flumina,” id. IV. Cons. Hon. 526: “conjux,” i. e. Progne, wife of the Thracian king Tereus, Stat. Th. 5, 121.—
