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The following is a list of ancient Colchian tribes.

List of ancient Colchian tribes

Southern Colchis. From "Reditus Decem Millium Graecorum", 1815
Map of the voyage of the Argonauts by Abraham Ortelius, 1624
Name Location Sources
Byzeres south of the Coruh River and Pontic Mountains. mentioned in Urartean sources as uiterukhi or uitirukhi.
Drilae southern shores of the Black Sea. attested in Xenophon's book Anabasis
Machelones south of the Rioni river. Pliny (NH 6.4.11), Lucian, Ptolemy, Arrian.
Macrones near Moschici Mountains Herodotus, Xenophon, Strabo (xii.3.18), Stephanus of Byzantium, Pliny, Procopius.
Marres southeast periphery of the Black Sea Herodotus
Mossynoeci west of Trebizond mentioned in Apollonius of Rhodes's Argonautica, Xenophon's Anabasis (5.4.26-34), Herodotus.
Phasians eastern part of Pontus Xenophon, Hippocrates.
Sanni near Trebizond Strabo, Pliny, Arrian, Theodoret of Cyrrus.
Tubal/Tibareni Black Sea coast of Anatolia Herodotus, Xenophon, Strabo and other classical authors.
Zydretae southern side of the Coruh river Arrian.
Heniochi northwest shores of Colchis Aristotle, Artemidorus Ephesius, Ovid, Pliny, Arrian, Strabo and others.
Lazi Phasis river basin Scylax, Procopius, Agathias, Pliny.
Moschi Cappadocia Hecataeus of Miletus, Herodotus, Strabo, Stephanus of Byzantium.
Apsilae modern Abkhazia Pliny, Arrian.
Abasgoi western Abkhazia Pliny, Strabo, Arrian.
Coraxi northwest shores of Colchis Strabo.
Sanigs western Abkhazia Pliny, Arrian, Memnon of Heraclea.
Tzanni modern day Rize and Artvin provinces Arrian, Procopius.
Chalybes/Chaldoi Chaldia Homer, Strabo, Xenophon.

References

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