Colchis
or COLCHOS, a former country of Asia, to the S. of Asiatic Sarmatia, E. of the Euxine Sea, N. of Armenia, and W. of Iberia. In ancient history it is famous for the expedition of the Argonauts, and for being the birth-place of Medea. In the 15th century it was sub-divided into several principalities, and is now comprised in the Russian government of Trans-Caucasus.