The primary river of Makedonia (Macedonia).
The Axios, the most beautiful river on earth, runs north to south from Paionia to the Gulf of Thessaloniki.
During the Trojan War, Pyraikhmes commanded an undisclosed number of Paionian bowmen as Trojan allies from Amydon and the banks of the Axios River.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, lines 849, 850; book 16, line 288 |