Colchis

E41299

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Colchis canonical	36
Colchis Lowland	3
Phasis	3
ancient Colchis	2
Colchis region	1
Hellenistic-period Colchis	1
mythic land of Colchis	1

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 (47)

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

Kutaisi → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Laz people → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Rioni → historicalName → Colchis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phasis

Colchis → hasModernRegionNameDerivedFrom → Colchis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colchis Lowland

Jason → ledExpeditionTo → Colchis ⓘ

Mingrelians → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Georgian Jews → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Argonautica → setting → Colchis ⓘ

Rioni River → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Rioni River → ancientName → Colchis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phasis

Kingdom of Pontus → territoryIncluded → Colchis ⓘ

Mithridates VI Eupator → territoryExpandedTo → Colchis ⓘ

Kolkheti National Park (partly) → locatedIn → Colchis ⓘ

subject surface form: Kolkheti National Park

this entity surface form: Colchis Lowland

Cyrus of Alexandria → placeOfWork → Colchis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phasis

Lanchkhuti → locatedIn → Colchis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colchis Lowland

Kingdom of Iberia → borderedBy → Colchis ⓘ

Vani → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Iberia (ancient kingdom) → borderedBy → Colchis ⓘ

Gonio Fortress → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Odishi → partOfHistoricalRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Principality of Mingrelia → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Lazica → predecessor → Colchis ⓘ

Aeëtes → country → Colchis ⓘ

Aeëtes → residence → Colchis ⓘ

Argonautic expedition → takesPlaceIn → Colchis ⓘ

Argonauts → associatedWithPlace → Colchis ⓘ

Medea → associatedWith → Colchis ⓘ

land of the Golden Fleece → alsoKnownAs → Colchis ⓘ

land of the Golden Fleece → associatedWith → Colchis ⓘ

Aia → locatedIn → Colchis ⓘ

Aia → relatedTo → Colchis ⓘ

Colchians → inhabited → Colchis ⓘ

Egrisi → successorStateOf → Colchis ⓘ

Egrisi → predecessor → Colchis ⓘ

Colchian culture → partOf → Colchis ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Colchis

Colchian culture → namedAfter → Colchis ⓘ

Golden Fleece → locatedInMyth → Colchis ⓘ

Ukimerioni Hill → locatedInHistoricRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Argo → associatedWithLocation → Colchis ⓘ

Colchidian languages → namedAfter → Colchis ⓘ

Colchidian languages → historicalRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Colchic rainforest → partOf → Colchis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colchis region

Polemon II of Pontus → ruledRegion → Colchis ⓘ

Vani archaeological site → locatedIn → Colchis ⓘ

Vani archaeological site → associatedWith → Colchis ⓘ

this entity surface form: mythic land of Colchis

Vani Archaeological Museum → heritageOf → Colchis ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Colchis

Vani Archaeological Museum → hasExhibitionTheme → Colchis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic-period Colchis