acceptance of Bendis and her Thracian worshippers into the Athenian community. By the late fifth century, Thracians had long been living in Attika. The first Thracians attested in Athens are the m [...] the unity of the polis community of which the Thracians had now become members. In turn, the separate Thracian contingent in the procession and the Thracian torch-race articulated them as very different [...] good order and granting the Thracian worshippers the name orgeones all point to an official acceptance of Thracians as members of the Athenian community. In turn, Thracians were to process in a different