MACHELO´NES
Eth.
MACHELO´NES (
Μαχελῶνες, Arrian,
Peripl. p. 11;
Anon. p. 15), a subdivision of the Colchian tribes situated to the S. of the Phasis. Anchialus, prince of this people, as well as of the Heniochi, submitted to Trajan. (
D. C. 68.19; Ritter,
Erdkunde, vol. x. p. 116.)
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