Colchis
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In classical antiquity and Greco-Roman geography, Colchis was an exonym for the Georgian polity of Egrisi located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia also in
A collection of Colchian gold bracelets and necklaces found in Vani, western Georgia
Bronze lamp featuring Heracles, Ariadne and elephants, 1st century BC, Georgian National Museum.
Southern Colchis. From "Reditus Decem Millium Graecorum", 1815
Second century BC Greek bronze torso from Colchis, held at the Georgian National Museum and temporarily exhibited at Cinquantenaire Museum
Medea
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In Greek mythology, Medea is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis. Medea is known in most stories as a sorceress, an accomplished pharmakís, a worker in pharmakeía, and is often depicted as a high p
Colchis
…of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Georgian nation. Colchis is known in Greek mythology as the destination of the Argonauts, as well as the home to Medea and the Golden Fleece. It was also described as a land rich with gold, iron, timber and honey that would export its resources mostly to ancient Hellenic…
Medea and the daughters of Pelias, 2nd-century Roman copy of a 420 BC original, Antikensammlung Berlin
Medea in a c. 70 AD fresco from Herculaneum
Jason and Medea by John William Waterhouse (1907)
Bas relief of Medea, 2nd century BC, in the Ancient Agora Museum, Athens