My country in Greek mythology
So, I am Georgian, AKA Kholkhis, in ancient times. I am very proud of my country for various reasons, such as being the creators of wine or that one battle in 1121.
But something I absolutely love is it's connection with Greek mythology. Especially with my favorite god ever: Ares. I read that if was, in fact, one of his sacred groves.
The most known character from there: Medea, princess and sorceress of Kholkis, daughter to Aetes (I'll talk about him later) I ADORE her. I mean, she kinda overreacted (everyone in mythology kinda fucking does, tbf), but Jason had it coming...
She's so cool, she even got her own statue.
Now, Aetes was favored multiple times by Ares. He recieved a cuirass and a dragon from him. And I think that even his bronze bulls were given to him by the god of war.
Tho, the first time Georgia appears in mythology (chronologically) is in Prometheus' chaining. He is chained in the Caucasus. We're literally in the middle of them.
Not to mention Prometheus' story was very probably inspired by our cultural hero, Amiran. But Amiran had a dog and also older, so he's cooler.
But back to Ares.
His daughters: the amazons. It was possible they were from, or at least lived in, Colchis. I like more the idea of them being Thrakian, but there are theories/versions that they could've been there.
If this doesn't convince you. The Caucasus was once described as a Scythian mountain.
So yeah, it's possible.
And lastly, Ares' statue was brought from Colchis to Sparta by the Dioscuri.
I love it. A surname of him literally comes from here.
There are probably more things in mythology about Colchis, but for now I'll stick to this. Greek mythology is very rich and if I started talking about all the mentions of my country in it, I'd probably never stop.
