A region on the Black Sea south of the Caucasus that was the site of an ancient country where (according to Greek mythology) Jason sought the Golden Fleece

Usage examples of colchis.

Phrixus from the neighborhood of Iolcus halfway across the world to Colchis, where the fugitive had eventually married Chalciope, a daughter of the Colchian King Aeetes, and fathered several children by her.

Proteus got the impression from listening that the land they were bound for, Colchis, must lie somewhere at the far end of the earth.

Flying away on the strange beast had enabled Phrixus to escape from some unspecified trouble, but when the flight reached Colchis, it had come to a violent end.

Iolcus and Colchis, where, as Argeus and Phrontis repeatedly confirmed, the Golden Fleece hung unsecured in its tree, just waiting for someone daring enough to lift it from the branches and carry it away.

The river was guiding them steadily inland, into what certainly must be the kingdom of Colchis, though so far they had had no contact, beyond a casual wave or two, with any of its inhabitants.

Jason has the Fleece in hand, he had better not delay his departure from Colchis by the space of a single heartbeat.

King of Colchis had been robbed of two great treasures, and what he would do to the robbers if he caught them was not something they wanted to think about.

He went on to explain that the decision was being forced on them, by the sheer need to get away from Colchis as fast as they could, and to avoid the forces that would soon be trying to hunt them down.

In earlier phases of their flight from Colchis they had often yearned for such a goal, but the compass-pyx had consistently refused to show them anything of the kind.

I see in you may be only a certain resemblance to the king of Colchis, who is said to be your brother.

If Zeus and Apollo want the Fleece, why should they not simply have gone to Colchis and taken it?

Zeus and Apollo had feared to go to the grove in Colchis, because they knew it was guarded by a Giant who lay in ambush, ready to destroy their memories as soon as they came in sight.

They strongly implied that the mighty King Aeetes of Colchis would consider as enemies anyone who sheltered the fugitives.

Ever since sending her as an agent to Colchis, he had been careful to make sure that her offspring were still around, being cared for, more or less, by people on his household staff.

The first and second books are taken up with the history of the voyage to Colchis, while the fourth book describes the return voyage.