Chalestra, a town of Macedonia. Herodotus, bk. 7, ch. 123.
Chalonītis, a country of Media.
Chaly̆bes and Caly̆bes, a people of Asia Minor, near Pontus, once very powerful, and possessed of a great extent of country, abounding in iron mines, where the inhabitants worked naked. The Calybes attacked the 10,000 in their retreat, and behaved with much spirit and courage. They were partly conquered by Crœsus king of Lydia. Some authors imagine that the Calybes are a nation of Spain. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 8, li. 421.—Strabo, bk. 12, &c.—Apollonius, bk. 2, li. 375.—Xenophon, Anabasis, bk. 4, &c.—Herodotus, bk. 1, ch. 28.—Justin, bk. 44, ch. 3.
Chalybon, now supposed to be Aleppo, a town of Syria, which gave the name of Chalybonitis to the neighbouring country.
Chalybonītis, a country of Syria, so famous for its wines that the king of Persia drank no other.
Chalybs, a river of Spain, where Justin, bk. 44, ch. 3, places the people called Calybes.
Chamani and Chamaviri, a people of Germany. Tacitus, Germania.
Chane, a river between Armenia and Albania, falling into the Caspian sea.
Chaon, a mountain of Peloponnesus.——A son of Priam. See: [Chaonia].
Chaŏnes, a people of Epirus.