the Piraeus Athens' port on the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea; now a city, Piraeus (or Peiraeus).
Thracians natives of the ancient country of Thrace (or Thracia) on the Balkan peninsula, which extended to the Danube.
"the goddess" i.e., Bendis, the Thracian Artemis (the goddess of the moon, wild animals, and hunting, in classical Greek mythology; identified with the Roman goddess Diana).
Sophocles (496?–406 b.c.) Greek writer of tragic dramas.
Pindar (522?–438? b.c.) Greek lyric poet.
Simonides (556?–468? b.c.) Greek lyric poet.
