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
The Statue of Nike, the Goddess of Victory, from the Vani archaeological site
Bronze lamp featuring Heracles, Ariadne and elephants, 1st century BC, Georgian National Museum.
Southern Colchis. From "Reditus Decem Millium Graecorum", 1815
Argonautica
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The Argonautica is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only entirely surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Ar
Jason and the Argonauts Arriving at Colchis, by Charles de La Fosse. The poem Argonautica was written specifically for Ptolemaic Alexandria, but it has long been a resource for other dynasties seeking to illustrate their power and ambitions. This painting is located in the Château de Versailles.
Athena helps build the Argo; Roman moulded terracotta plaque, first century AD.
In Medea, a conflicted Medea is shown mixing a potion for an incantation, c. 1867 by Frederick Sandys
Kylix Theseus Aison MNA Inv 11365 n 1