Machelones

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. (Dio Cass.; Ritter, Erdkunde, vol. 10. p. 116.)