Colchis

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ancient region historical region

Colchis was an ancient region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, famed in Greek mythology as the destination of Jason and the Argonauts and the land of the Golden Fleece.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Colchis Lowland 3
Phasis 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalCultureLinkedTo Colchian culture ⓘ
associatedWithHero Jason ⓘ
associatedWithHeroine Medea ⓘ
associatedWithMyth Argonautica ⓘ
borderedBy Black Sea ⓘ
climateType humid subtropical climate ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
cultureLinkedTo Colchians ⓘ
ancient Georgian tribes ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnonym Colchians ⓘ
famedAs destination of Jason and the Argonauts ⓘ
land of the Golden Fleece ⓘ
flourishedDuring 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Aia ⓘ
surface form: Aea
hasCapital Aia ⓘ
hasModernRegionNameDerivedFrom Colchis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Colchis Lowland
knownFor dense forests ⓘ
gold resources ⓘ
rich alluvial soils ⓘ
knownFrom Greek mythology ⓘ
languageFamilyAssociated Kartvelian languages ⓘ
laterPartOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay northeastern Turkey ⓘ
southwestern Russia ⓘ
western Georgia ⓘ
locatedOn eastern coast of the Black Sea ⓘ
mentionedBy Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Herodotus ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
modernCulturalHeir Georgia ⓘ
mythologicalEventLocation Argonautica ⓘ
surface form: quest of the Argonauts
mythologicalObjectLocatedIn Golden Fleece ⓘ
partOf Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Caucasus region
religionInfluencedBy Greek religion ⓘ
religionPracticed local polytheistic cults ⓘ
ruledBy Aeëtes ⓘ
surface form: King Aeëtes
strategicFor access to Black Sea routes ⓘ
trade between Mediterranean and Caucasus ⓘ
succeededBy Egrisi ⓘ
Kingdom of Colchis ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Lazica
timePeriod at least from 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rioni River → ancientName → Colchis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phasis
Kingdom of Iberia → borderedBy → Colchis ⓘ
Colchis → hasModernRegionNameDerivedFrom → Colchis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colchis Lowland
Rioni → historicalName → Colchis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phasis
Kutaisi → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ
Laz people → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ
Mingrelians → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ
Rioni River → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ
Vani → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ
Jason → ledExpeditionTo → Colchis ⓘ
subject surface form: Kolkheti National Park
this entity surface form: Colchis Lowland
Lanchkhuti → locatedIn → Colchis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colchis Lowland
this entity surface form: Phasis
Argonautica → setting → Colchis ⓘ