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Phasis redirects here. For the butterfly
Butterfly

A butterfly is an insect of the Order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual Biological life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form....
genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
, see Phasis (butterfly)
Phasis (butterfly)

Phasis is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
.

The Rioni River ( Rioni) is the main river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
of western Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
. It originates in the Caucasus Mountains
Caucasus Mountains

The Caucasus Mountains is a Mountain range in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea sea in the Caucasus region.The Caucasus Mountains are made up of two separate mountain systems:...
, in the region of Racha
Racha

Racha is a historic province in Georgia , in the mountainous northwestern part of the country. Comprising the present-day districts of Oni, Georgia and Ambrolauri, it is included in the region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti....
and flows west to the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
. It enters the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
north of the city of Poti
Poti

Poti is a port city in Georgia , located on the eastern Black Sea coast in the mkhare of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in the west of the country. Built near the site of the Ancient Greece colony of Phasis , the city has become a major port city and industrial center since the early 20th century....
. The city of Kutaisi
Kutaisi

Kutaisi is Georgia 's second largest city and the capital of the western region of Imereti. It is 221 km to the west of Tbilisi....
, once ancient city of Colchis
Colchis

In ancient geography, Colchis or Kolkhis was an ancient Georgia , state monarchy and region in the Western Georgia , which played an important role in the ethnic and cultural formation of the Georgians and its subgroups....
, lies on its banks.

Known to the ancient Greeks
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
as the Phasis River , it was first mentioned by Hesiod
Hesiod

Hesiod was a Greek language oral poet, his date is uncertain but leading scholars agree that Hesiod lived in the latter half of the Eighth-century BCE....
in his Theogony (l.340); later writers like Apollonius Rhodius (Argonautica 2.12.61), Virgil
Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet, best known for three major works?the Bucolics , the Georgics and the Aeneid?although several Appendix Vergiliana are also attributed to him....
(Georgics 4.367) and Aelius Aristides
Aelius Aristides

Aelius Aristides was a popular Roman Greece orator who lived during the Roman Empire. He is considered to be a prime example of the Second Sophistic, a group of showpiece orators who flourished from the reign of Nero until ca....
(Ad Romam 82) considered it the easternmost limit of the navigable seas.

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Phasis redirects here. For the butterfly
Butterfly

A butterfly is an insect of the Order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual Biological life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form....
genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
, see Phasis (butterfly)
Phasis (butterfly)

Phasis is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae....
.

The Rioni River ( Rioni) is the main river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
of western Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
. It originates in the Caucasus Mountains
Caucasus Mountains

The Caucasus Mountains is a Mountain range in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea sea in the Caucasus region.The Caucasus Mountains are made up of two separate mountain systems:...
, in the region of Racha
Racha

Racha is a historic province in Georgia , in the mountainous northwestern part of the country. Comprising the present-day districts of Oni, Georgia and Ambrolauri, it is included in the region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti....
and flows west to the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
. It enters the Black Sea
Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
north of the city of Poti
Poti

Poti is a port city in Georgia , located on the eastern Black Sea coast in the mkhare of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in the west of the country. Built near the site of the Ancient Greece colony of Phasis , the city has become a major port city and industrial center since the early 20th century....
. The city of Kutaisi
Kutaisi

Kutaisi is Georgia 's second largest city and the capital of the western region of Imereti. It is 221 km to the west of Tbilisi....
, once ancient city of Colchis
Colchis

In ancient geography, Colchis or Kolkhis was an ancient Georgia , state monarchy and region in the Western Georgia , which played an important role in the ethnic and cultural formation of the Georgians and its subgroups....
, lies on its banks.

Known to the ancient Greeks
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
as the Phasis River , it was first mentioned by Hesiod
Hesiod

Hesiod was a Greek language oral poet, his date is uncertain but leading scholars agree that Hesiod lived in the latter half of the Eighth-century BCE....
in his Theogony (l.340); later writers like Apollonius Rhodius (Argonautica 2.12.61), Virgil
Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet, best known for three major works?the Bucolics , the Georgics and the Aeneid?although several Appendix Vergiliana are also attributed to him....
(Georgics 4.367) and Aelius Aristides
Aelius Aristides

Aelius Aristides was a popular Roman Greece orator who lived during the Roman Empire. He is considered to be a prime example of the Second Sophistic, a group of showpiece orators who flourished from the reign of Nero until ca....
(Ad Romam 82) considered it the easternmost limit of the navigable seas. Socrates, in Phaedo referred to the portion of the world he knew of as between the Pillars of Hercules and the River Phasis.

The name of the Pheasant
Common Pheasant

The Common Pheasant , is a bird in the pheasant family . It is native to Asia and has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. In parts of its range, namely in places where none of its relatives occur such as in Europe , it is simply known as the "pheasant"....
is derived from this river, as it was in this region that the ancients first encountered the birds.

Sources

Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Oxford University Press, T. F. Hoad, 1996.