What is "edonus"

Edonus was the mythical ancestor of the Edonians in Thrace and Thracian Macedonia. Son of Ares (god of war) and Calliope (muse of epic poetry). The names Edonus, Edonian, Edonic is therefore used also in the sense of " Thracian," and as Thrace was one of the principal seats of the worship of Dionysus, it further signifies "Dionysiac" or " Bacchantic."