The
Dassaretae, or
Dexaroi, ( or Δεξάροι) were an
ancient Greek tribe of
Epirus living from Mount Amyron (
Mount Tomorr) to Lake Lychnitis (
Lake Ohrid) on the border with
Illyria. They were the northern-most subtribe of the
Chaonians.
Strabo, quoting
Theopompus, wrote of fourteen tribes of Epeirotes, speakers of a strong west-Greek dialect (of which the Dexaroi were a part). The 6th century BC geographer
Hecataeus of Miletus described the Dexaroi, the most northern tribe of the Chaonians, as a Greek-speaking people residing next to the Illyrian tribe of the Encheleae. Their cities were
Pellion,
Antipatrea,
Chrysondyon,
Gertus (or Gerous) and
Creonion.