CHALYBES (anc. geog.), an ancient people of
the Hither Asia. Their situation is differently assign-
ed; Strabo placing them in Paphlagonia, to the east
of Synope; Apollonius Rhodus and Stephanus, on
the east of the Thermodon, in Pontus; called Hali-
ybes by Homer. They either gave their name to, or
took it from, their iron manufactures, (Xenophon,
Val. Flaccus), their only support, their soil being bar-
ren and ungrateful, (Dionysius Periegetes).