The
Satrae were, in ancient geography, a
Thracian people, inhabiting part of
Mount Pangaeus between the rivers
Nestus (Mesta) and
Strymon (Struma). According to
Herodotus, they were independent in his time, and had never been conquered within the memory of man. They dwelt on lofty mountains covered with forests and snow, and on the highest of these was an oracle of
Dionysus, whose utterances were delivered by a priestess.