Aeëtes
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Aeëtes, or Aeeta, was the ruler of the eponymous realm of Aea in Greek mythology, a wondrous realm which from the fifth century B.C.E. onward became identified with the kingdom of Colchis east in the
King Aeëtes by Bartolomeo di Giovanni.
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
Aeëtes
…of the eponymous realm of Aea in Greek mythology, a wondrous realm which from the fifth century B.C.E. onward became identified with the kingdom of Colchis east in the Black Sea. The name comes from the ancient Greek word αἰετός (aietós, "eagle"). Aeëtes was the son of Sun god Helios and the Oceanid Perseis…
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