| In Colchis was a river Ophis, and there was another of the same name in Arcadia. |
| Flusht at the sight the pirates seize the spoil, And ravaged Colchis rues the insidious toil. |
| South of the Greater Caucasus, on the Black Sea coast, lies the Kolkhida alluvial plain, the site of ancient Colchis. |
| Pelias promised to surrender his kingship to Jason if the latter would retrieve the Golden Fleece from Colchis. |
| Medea, daughter of Aetes, king of Colchis, was a famous sorceress of antiquity. |
| The oak-tree in Colchis is the Sun-tree of the Lettish songs. |
