List of ancient Colchian tribes


The following is a list of ancient Colchian tribes.

List of ancient Colchian tribes

NameLocationSources
Byzeressouth of the Coruh River and Pontic Mountains.mentioned in Urartean sources as uiterukhi or uitirukhi.
Drilaesouthern shores of the Black Sea.attested in Xenophon's book Anabasis
Machelonessouth of the Rioni river.Pliny, Lucian, Ptolemy, Arrian.
Macronesnear Moschici MountainsHerodotus, Xenophon, Strabo, Stephanus of Byzantium, Pliny, Procopius.
Marressoutheast periphery of the Black SeaHerodotus
Mossynoeciwest of Trebizondmentioned in Apollonius of Rhodes's Argonautica, Xenophon's Anabasis, Herodotus.
Phasianseastern part of PontusXenophon, Hippocrates.
Sanninear TrebizondStrabo, Pliny, Arrian, Theodoret of Cyrrus.
Tubal/TibareniBlack Sea coast of AnatoliaHerodotus, Xenophon, Strabo and other classical authors.
Zydretaesouthern side of the Coruh riverArrian.
Heniochinorthwest shores of ColchisAristotle, Artemidorus Ephesius, Ovid, Pliny, Arrian, Strabo and others.
LaziPhasis river basinScylax, Procopius, Agathias, Pliny.
MoschiCappadociaHecataeus of Miletus, Herodotus, Strabo, Stephanus of Byzantium.
Apsilaemodern AbkhaziaPliny, Arrian.
Abasgoiwestern AbkhaziaPliny, Strabo, Arrian.
SoanesHeights of Dioscuria, modern Abkhazia.Strabo
Coraxinorthwest shores of ColchisStrabo.
Sanigswestern AbkhaziaPliny, Arrian, Memnon of Heraclea.
Tzannimodern day Rize and Artvin provincesArrian, Procopius.
Chalybes/ChaldoiChaldiaHomer, Strabo, Xenophon.