The ecstatic rites with which he was worshipped were introduced from thrace.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
And every province of the Empire sent its contingent of recruits for the arena, Gaul, Germany, and thrace, Britain and Dacia, the villages of the Atlas, and the deserts of the Soudan.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Abdera, thrace, B.C. 460. He travelled to Egypt and over a great part of Asia, and is also said to have visited India.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler