Almopians
{{Short description|Ancient Paeonian tribe}}
Almopians or Almopes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλμῶπες or Ἀλμωπεῖς) were an ancient Paeonian[https://books.google.com/books?id=fWKAXYomhoIC The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides] by Robert B. Strassler, Richard Crawley, and Victor Davis Hanson, 1998, {{ISBN|0-684-82790-5}}, page 153: "... of them still live round Physca and the Almopians from Almopia." tribe. They inhabited the region of Almopia in Lower Macedonia, which was named after the tribe. They were expelled after the conquest of the region by Alexander I of Macedon.{{Cite book|last1=Roisman|first1=Joseph|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QsJ183uUDkMC|title=A Companion to Ancient Macedonia|last2=Worthington|first2=Ian|date=2011-07-07|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4443-5163-7|pages=75|language=en}} According to the Greek mythology, the founder of the tribe was thought to be the Giant demigod Almops whom they highly worshiped.