The Peresadyes (Ancient Greek: Περεσάδυες) were an ancient tribe that lived in southeast Illyria.
Some historians have suggested that they were a part of either the Enchelei, the Taulantii, or the Dardani.[1][2] According to others their name is very close to that of the royal name Berisades in Thrace (in Ancient Greek: Bηρισάδης),[3] which would suggest a possible Thracian origin.[4][need quotation to verify]
In ancient literature they are recorded only by Strabo, who reported what most likely Hecataeus wrote about them, saying that they joined the dynasty of the Enchelei, also called Sessarethii.[5]
Περεσάδύες τε συνεστήσαντο τήν δυναστείαν καί Έγχελέους καί Σεσαρηθίους καλούσι. The Peresadyes are evidently Illyrians; the name is not known elsewhere but the royal name Berisades in Thrace is very close to it. These Peresadyes joined the dynasty... συνεστήσαντο τήν δυναστείαν; cf. LSJ συνίστημι, B. III, which..."