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χ60ΧαλύβοιςChalybes, Chalyboi… perhaps Euripides, e.g. Alcestis 980. [2] See further below. [3] Lycophron, Alexandra 1109; cf. Steph.Byz. for the alternative spelling. [4] See generally LSJ s.v. [5] Greek Anthology 6.65.4 (Paul the Silentiary); see also kappa …Matched in noteshighshort

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Χαλύβοις

Chalybes, Chalyboi

A people of Scythia, from where iron originated. And Lycophron [writes]: "shattered by a Chaly[b]dican sword". Also [sc. attested is] chalyps ["steel"], [meaning] iron. In the Epigrams: "and steel harsh [and]…

Χαλύβοις· ἔθνος Σκυθίας, ἔνθεν ὁ σίδηρος τίκτεται. καὶ Λυκόφρων· Χαλυδικῷ κνώδοντι συντεθραυσμένῳ. καὶ Χάλυψ, ὁ σίδηρος. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· καὶ χάλυβα σκληρὸν καλαμηφάγον.