Amadoci

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

AMA´DOCI(Ἀμάδοκοι), a people of Sarmatia Europaea, mentioned by Hellanicus (Steph. B. s. v.) Their country was called Amadocium. Ptolemy (Ptol. 3.5) mentions the Amadoci Montes, E. of the Borysthenes ( Dnieper), as an E. prolongation of M. Pence, and in these mountains the Amadoci, with a city Amodoca and a lake of the same name, the source of a river falling into the Borysthenes. The positions are probably in the S. Russian province of Jekaterinoslav, or in Kherson.
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