The Peresadyes () were an ancient tribe that lived in southeast Illyria.

Some historians have suggested that they were a part of either the Enchelei, the Taulantii, or the Dardani.The Cambridge ancient history, Tome 6 by John Boardman, , 1994, page 423A History of Macedonia: 550-336 B.C by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, Guy Thompson Griffith, 1978, , page 93, "The Peresadyes, then, were the rulers of Trebenishte, and Hecataeus wrote of them when they were at the height of their power. It is likely, as we have, seen, that they came from the north; they may have been Dardanii, forerunners of the fourth-century dynasty of Bardylis, and they had contact with the Thracians,..." According to others their name is very close to that of the royal name Berisades in Thrace (in ), which would suggest a possible Thracian origin.

In ancient literature they are recorded only by Strabo, who reported what most likely Hecataeus wrote about them, saying that they joined the dynasty of the Enchelei, also called Sessarethii.

See also

List of ancient tribes in Illyria

References