A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Ἀμάδοκος) or ME'DOCUS (Μήδοκος), a common name among the Thracians. It was also, according to Ptolemy, the name of a people and mountains in Thrace. Pausanias (1.4.4) speaks of an Amadocus who came from the Hyperboreans.