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.