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Phasis
the Phasis
A river of Colchis flowing into the eastern Black Sea (modern Rioni, Georgia), proverbial as the far edge of the world; source of the prized pheasant.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §108 the realm of Phasis
The river Phasis in Colchis, homeland of Medea, the 'impious maiden ablaze with the torch' who fled to Thessaly.
- Consolation to His Mother Helvia §10 beyond the Phasis
A river at the eastern edge of the Black Sea, byword for the world's end; gluttons send beyond it for game.
- Medea §40 Phasis
The chief river of Colchis, Medea's homeland, emptying into the eastern Black Sea.
- Medea §102 grim Phasis
The river of Colchis; 'snatched from the chamber of Phasis' means taken from his Colchian marriage.
- Natural Questions §4.2.20 the Phasis
River of Colchis (the Rioni), a snow-fed northern stream.
- Phaedra §906 Phasis
The river of Colchis; Theseus imagines Hippolytus' woman-hating bred among such barbarous, weapon-bearing peoples.