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The Chalybes /ˈkælɪbiːz/ (Template:Lang-gr) or Chaldoi (Template:Lang-gr) were a people mentioned by classical authors as living in Pontus and Cappadocia in northern Anatolia during Classical Antiquity. Their territory was known as Chaldia, extending from the Halys River to Pharnakeia and Trabzon in the east and as far south as eastern Anatolia.

The Chaldoi/Chalybes, Mossynoikoi, and Tubal/Tibareni, are counted among the first ironsmith nations by classical authors. Χάλυψ, the tribe's name in Greek, means "tempered iron, steel", a term that passed into Latin as chalybs, "steel". Sayce derived the Greek name Chalybe from Hittite Khaly-wa, "land of Halys River".Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

The main sources for the history of the Chaldoi are accounts from classical authors, including Homer, Strabo, and Xenophon. In Roman times, the Chaldaei (homonymous but unrelated to the Semitic Chaldeans) and Chalybes are mentioned by Plutarch (Lucull. c. 14) as settled in Pontus and Cappadocia, or the Pontus Cappadocicus section of the Roman province of Pontus.

See also

• Halizones

References

1. Strabo, xi., 14.5
2. Diakonov, Igor Mikhailovich (1984). The Pre-history of the Armenian People. Caravan Books. p. 162.
3. Paradeisopoulos, Iordanis K. (2013). "A Chronology Model for Xenophon's Anabasis": 662. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Bibliography

• Giorgi Leon Kavtaradze: Probleme der historischen Geographie Anatoliens und Transkaukasiens im ersten Jahrtausend v. Chr., in: Orbis Terrarum 2 (1996) S. 191-216
• David Marshall Lang, Грузины. Хранители святынь, Москва. Центрполиграф, 2006. pp. 71–72

• Ancient peoples of Anatolia
• Iron Age Anatolia
• Tribes in Greco-Roman historiography
• Anabasis (Xenophon)