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According to the Greek mythology, Colchis was a fabulously wealthy land situated on the mysterious periphery of the heroic world.

Here in the sacred grove of the war god Ares, King Aeëtes hung the Golden Fleece until it was seized by Jason and the Argonauts.

Colchis was also the land where the mythological Prometheus was punished by being chained to a mountain while an eagle ate at his liver for revealing to humanity the secret of fire.

Amazons also were said to be of Scythian origin from Colchis.