- Information
- region on the Black Sea
- Identified with
🌍 Aia (unlocatable) realm of Aietes, in which the golden fleece is kept
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Lycophron, AlexandraLycophronEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)Callimachus, AetiaCallimachusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)CallimachusScholia on Callimachus, AetiaMythography & HistoriographyScholia on CallimachusLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Cult site of
- 👤 Ares 👤 Athena 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 👤 Hecate (goddess) 👤 Phrixos (s. of Athamas) 👤 Leucothea (goddess) 👤 Helios
- Place of birth of
- 👥 the Spartoi of Colchis
- Place of death of
- 👤 Apsyrtos 👤 Perses (Colchian) 👤 the Golden Ram 👤 the Serpent of Colchis 👥 the Spartoi of Colchis
- Settled by
👤 Ialmenos son of Ares, leader of the Orchomenos contingent at Troy
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Settled from
🌍 Orchomenos (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Ruled by
👤 Aietes king of Colchis
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodHomer, OdysseyHomerPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPalaiphatosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Pindar, Pythian 4PindarEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
🌍 Cyrene (Libya) city in Libya
PindarStraboGeographyStraboServius, Scholia on GeorgicsServiusLatinLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Vergil, GeorgicsVergilLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Ovid, MetamorphosesOvid👤 Perses (Colchian) brother of Aietes
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Conquered by
👤 Perses (Colchian) brother of Aietes
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Encompases
- 🌍 the Grove of Ares at Colchis 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Asia in Colchis 🌍 Sybaris (Colchis) 🌍 the Plain of Circe (Colchis) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Helios at Colchis 🌍 the Field of Ares (Colchis) 🏛️ the Temple of Hecate in Colchis 🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Phyxios in Colchis 🌍 the Sanctuary of Leucothea at Colchis
- Related Entities
- 👤 Aietes 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Apsyrtos 👤 Ares 🏺 the Argo 👥 the Argonauts 👤 Argos (s. of Phrixos) 👤 Athamas (Orchomenian) 👤 Athena 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Chalciope (Colchian) 👤 Circe 👥 the Corybantes 👤 Cytisoros 👤 Cyzicos 👤 Hera 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 👤 Helle 👤 Heracles 👤 Ialmenos 👤 Idmon (Argonaut) 👤 Ino 👤 Jason (Argonaut) 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Crete (island) 🌍 Lemnos (island) 👤 Theseus 👤 Peleus 👤 Pelias (Thessalian) 🏺 the Golden Fleece 👤 Hecate (goddess) 👤 Perses (Colchian) 👤 Phineus (Thracian) 👤 Phrixos (s. of Athamas) 👤 Phrontis (Colchian) 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Leucothea (goddess) 👤 Medeia 👤 Melas (Colchian) 🌍 the Symplegades 🌍 the Planctai 👤 Nephele (Epirote) 👤 the Golden Ram 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 👤 Helios 🌍 Mysia (Asia Minor) 🌍 Opountian Locris 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Euboia (island) 🌍 the Bosporos 🌍 Libya (North Africa) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Orchomenos (Boiotia) 🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos) 🌍 the Hellespont 🌍 River Eridanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos) 🌍 Colchis (Pontos) 🌍 the Tyrrhenian Sea 🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable) 🌍 Thessaly 🌍 Iolcos (Thessaly) 🌍 the Grove of Ares at Colchis 🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable) 🌍 the Promontory of Scylla (unlocatable) 🌍 the Promontory of Charybdis (unlocatable) 🌍 Thrinacia (island) 🌍 Scheria (unlocatable island) 👤 the Serpent of Colchis 🌍 the Land of the Doliones (Pontos) 🌍 Aphetai (Thessaly) 🌍 the Land of the Bebryces (Bithynia) 🌍 Salmydessos (Thrace) 🌍 the Land of the Mariandynoi (Pontos) 🌍 River Phasis (Colchis) 👥 the Bronze-Footed Bulls of Aietes 🏺 the Teeth of the Serpent of Ares 👥 the Spartoi of Colchis 🌍 the Apsyrtides Islands (Illyria) 🌍 Corcyra (island) 🌍 the Ceraunian Mountains (N. Greece) 🌍 Anaphe (island) 🌍 the Ligurian Sea 🌍 Aigina (island) 🌍 Media 🌍 Italy 🌍 the Black Sea 🌍 River Istros (Europe) 👤 Presbon (s. of Phrixos) 🏛️ the Temple of Athena Asia at Old Las (Laconia) 🏺 the Cult Statue of Ares Theritas 👤 Laphystios 🌍 Mount Laphystios (Boiotia) 🌍 Cyrene (Libya) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Ares Theritas near Therapne (Laconia) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Asia in Colchis 🌍 Pagasai (Thessaly) 👤 Eurylyte 🏺 the Golden Statue of Fleece (rat. Golden Fleece) 🌍 Amantia 🌍 Cyzicos (Mysia) 🌍 the Brow of the Ram (Pontos) 🌍 Armenia 🌍 Argoon (Aithalia) 🌍 Pola (Illyria) 🌍 the Adriatic Sea 🌍 the Cyaneai (islands) 🌍 Aia (unlocatable) 👤 Cios 🌍 the Field of Ares (Colchis) 🏛️ the Temple of Hecate in Colchis 🌍 the Sanctuary of Leucothea at Colchis 🌍 Pompeii (Campania) 🌍 Oricon (Illyria) 🌍 Colchinium (Illyria)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.6.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.16 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.19 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.21 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.23 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.25 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.28 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 877-908 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1011-1026 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1309-1321 📖 Pausanias 3.19.7 📖 Pausanias 1.24.2 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 29.3 📖 Homer, Odyssey 12.36-12.141 📖 Euripides, Medeia 1-35 📖 Euripides, Medeia 160-210 📖 Euripides, Medeia 465-490 📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 487-490 📖 Pausanias 9.34.6-9.34.10 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.17-1.9.23 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 992-1002 📖 Strabo 9.2.42 📖 Hesiod, Aigimius fr. 236 Most 📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 17 West = fr. 3 Fowler 📖 Naupactica fr. 6, 7 West 📖 Naupactica fr. 8 West 📖 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 24 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 30 📖 Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories 3 📖 Lucian, Toxaris, or Friendship 1-7 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 7c Harder 📖 Scholia on Callimachus, Aetia fr. 21b Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 11 Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 12 Harder 📖 Lucian, The Dance 51-53 📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 1-63 📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 124-168 📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 203-246 📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 247-262 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 14 📖 Euripides, Medeia 421-438 📖 Pindar fr. 172 Snell-Maehler 📖 Pomponius Mela 2.44 📖 Pomponius Mela 2.57 📖 Pomponius Mela 1.98 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 7.86 📖 Pomponius Mela 1.108 📖 Strabo 9.5.15 📖 Strabo 10.3.19-10.3.20 📖 Strabo 1.1.10 📖 Strabo 1.2.10 📖 Strabo 1.2.38-1.2.40 📖 Strabo 1.3.2 📖 Strabo 1.3.15 📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 2.140 📖 Strabo 12.4.3 📖 Ovid, Amores 2.14 📖 Strabo 5.1.9 📖 Strabo 5.2.6 📖 Vergil, Georgics 2.140-2.154 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 8 Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 9 Harder 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.1-7.73 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.100-7.158 📖 Pliny, Natural History 33.52 📖 Pliny, Natural History 25.10 = 25.5.1 📖 Pliny, Natural History 3.129 📖 Pliny, Natural History 3.144 📖 Pliny, Natural History 3.145 📖 Conon, Narrations 49 📖 Conon, Narrations 41 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.24-1.9.26
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Naupactica Dionysios, Periegesis Hesiod, Theogony Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Plutarch, Theseus Eumelos, Corinthiaca Pausanias Pindar Euripides, Medeia Strabo Hesiod, Aigimius Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Toxaris, or Friendship Scholia on Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, The Dance Pindar, Pythian 4 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers Pomponius Mela D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Metamorphoses Servius, Scholia on Georgics Ovid, Amores Vergil, Georgics Conon, Narrations Pliny, Natural History
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Demaretes FGrHist 42A fr. 2b 📖 Homer, Odyssey 12.36-12.141 📖 Homer, Iliad 7.464-7.482 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 7c Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 11 Harder 📖 Philostephanos FHG fr. 37 = FGrHist 1751 fr. 24 📖 Eratosthenes, Geography fr. 13 Roller 📖 Hipparchos fr. 10 Dicks 📖 Vergil, Georgics 2.140-2.154 📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 15a Rusten = BNJ 32 fr. 6a
- Depictions
- 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Vesonius Primus VI 14, 20, Pompeii (PALP r6-i14-p20-space-q)
- Reported depictions
- 🌍 the Acropolis of Athens
- Reported to have local traditions about
- 👤 Ares 👤 Thero (Colchian)
- Local traditions reported by
- 📖 Pausanias 3.19.7-3.19.8