WebGeography and toponyms. Colchis, Kolkha, Qulḫa or Kilkhi which existed from the c. 13th to the 1st centuries BC, is regarded as an early ethnically Georgian polity; the name of the Colchians was used as the collective term for early Kartvelian tribes which populated the eastern coast of the Black Sea in Greco-Roman ethnography.. According to Donald …

WebColchis of Kolchis (Grieks: Κολχίς, Georgisch: კოლხეთი Kolkheti) was in de Oudheid de naam voor de landstreek aan de oostkust van de Zwarte Zee.De streek ligt in het tegenwoordige Georgië, tussen Armenië en de Kaukasus.In deze streek mondde de rivier de Phasis (de huidige Rioni) in zee uit.. De streek is vooral bekend als de geboortestreek …

WebThe nation of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველო sakartvelo) was first unified as a kingdom under the Bagrationi dynasty by the King Bagrat III of Georgia in the early 11th century, arising from a number of predecessor states of the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia.The Kingdom of Georgia flourished during the 10th to 12th centuries under King …

WebMedea is a direct descendant of the sun god Helios (son of the Titan Hyperion) through her father King Aeëtes of Colchis.According to Hesiod (Theogony 956–962), Helios and the Oceanid Perseis produced two children, Circe and Aeetes. Aeëtes then married the Oceanid Idyia and Medea was their child. From here, Medea's family tree becomes a little more …

WebPoti (Georgian: ფოთი; Mingrelian: ფუთი; Laz: ჶაში/Faşi or ფაში/Paşi) is a port city in Georgia, located on the eastern Black Sea coast in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in the west of the country. Built near the site of the ancient Greek colony of Phasis and deriving its name from the same, the city has become a major port city and industrial …

WebIn Greek mythology Phrixus (/ ˈ f r ɪ k s ə s /; also spelt Phryxus; Greek: Φρίξος, Phrixos means "standing on end, bristling") was the son of Athamas, king of Boeotia, and Nephele (a goddess of clouds). He was the twin brother of Helle and the father of Argus, Phrontis, Melas and Cytisorus by Chalciope (Iophassa), daughter of Aeetes, king of Colchis. ...

WebJason (/ ˈ dʒ eɪ s ən / JAY-sən; Greek: Ἰάσων, translit. Iásōn [i.ǎːsɔːn]) was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos.He was married to the sorceress Medea.He was also the great-grandson of the messenger god …

WebTbilisi (English: / t ə b ɪ ˈ l iː s i, t ə ˈ b ɪ l ɪ s i / tə-bil-EE-see, tə-BIL-iss-ee; Georgian: თბილისი Georgian pronunciation: ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis (/ ˈ t ɪ f l ɪ s / TIF-liss), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people.

WebSukhumi (Russian: Суху́м(и), Sukhum(i) [sʊˈxum(ʲɪ)]) or Sokhumi (Georgian: სოხუმი, ()), also known by its Abkhaz name Aqwa (Abkhazian: Аҟәа, Aqwa), is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of the Republic of Abkhazia, which has controlled it since the Abkhazia war in 1992-93 (although …

WebThe Kingdom of Imereti (Georgian: იმერეთის სამეფო, romanized: imeretis samepo) was a Georgian monarchy established in 1455 by a member of the house of Bagrationi when the Kingdom of Georgia was dissolved into rival kingdoms.Before that time, Imereti was considered a separate kingdom within the Kingdom of Georgia, of which a cadet branch …