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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

A city in COLCHIS, in Greek MYTH the home of MEDEA and location of the Golden Fleece, the object of the journey of the Argonauts (7.193.2). Its location is unknown (cf. BA 87 H2), but Pliny the Elder in the first century CE placed it fifteen miles up the PHASIS River and called it the most famous city of the region (HN 6.13). The name must be connected with Aeëtes, father of Medea and king of the region. Herodotus reports (1.2.2) that according to the Persians, the Argonauts’ abduction of Medea from Aea/Colchis was the second injustice committed by the Greeks against ASIA; their refusal to return her or pay a penalty encouraged ALEXANDER (Paris) to abduct HELEN, which led to the TROJAN WAR.

SEE ALSO: Argo; Prologue; Source Citations