Colchis - in ancient sources @ attalus.org

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Colchis - a country on the east coast of the Black Sea
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112/11 Mithridates conquers Colchis.
80/19 Mithridates unsuccessfully attacks the Achaei, a tribe near Colchis.
65/7 Pompeius invades Colchis.
65/17 detachment from Pompeius' army, on the way from Colchis to Pontus.
64/16 Cappadocia, Aristarchus in Colchis, and Attalus in Paphlagonia.
Within translations:
Aelian:Fr_71 ond Maeotis, purchases a Colchian girl, who had been kidna
Aelian:NA_7.15 uld we speak any more of Colchian Medea or Attic Procne
Aelian:NA_14.25 evil report against the Colchian sorceress, besides the
AnthPal_9.346 believe that the Colchian woman who did not spare even
Athen_6.266 ted into the land of the Colchians,- so really angry with
Athen_10.445 Lydian, has said- & A Colchian man drunken and quarrels
Athen_13.602 and the other, in his Colchian Women, speaking of Ganym
Diod_40.4 and Achaia, also Iberia, Colchis, Mesopotamia, Sophene and
ElegMaec_1.103 we had the herb of the Colchian sorceress! [1.113] Trees
Euseb]:Chron_61 Phasis, and to (?) Medeia of Colchis. They say that Hera
Festus:Brev_16 on the Bosphorians and Colchians; fought with the Albani
Festus:Brev_20 erians, Bosphorians, and Colchians into the protection of
Just_2.6 tep-son, and returned to Colchis with her son Medus, whom
Just_32.3 their origin from those Colchians who were sent by king
Just_38.7 his liberality, namely, Colchis, Paphlagonia, and the Bos
Just_42.2 go on an expedition to Colchis, to bring home the fleece
Memn_37 taying in the neighbourhood of Colchis. Meanwhile Lucullu
Nicand:Al_240 the loathsome fire of Colchian Medea, 250 the notorious
Oros_1.2.30 in the territories of the Colchians and the Albanians, where there
Oros_6.4 and reorganised Armenia, the Colchians, Cappadocia, and Syria, he
Philip_16.137 dea in Rome Who, lawless Colchian, chronicled your wrath
Philip_16.141 rse of your children the Colchian woman, the vengeful dest
Plin:HN_3.129 originally founded by the Colchians, and 105 miles from
Plin:HN_6.12 Isis, Mogrus and Bathys, the Colchian tribes, the town of Matium,
Plin:HN_6.15 and the Coraxi, with the Colchian city of Dioscurias on the
Plin:HN_6.21 Essedones, joining on to the Colchians on the tops of the
Plin:HN_6.29 and beyond them is the Colchic desert, on the side of
Plin:HN_33.52 Aeetes had already reigned in Colchis, who is said to have
Plin:HN_33.114 in the country of the Colchi on a certain inaccessible rock
[Vict]:VirIll_77 he attacked the Albanians, Colchians, Heniochi, Caspii, and Iberians

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