The Ophis ( grc, Ὄφις), also called the Ophius or Ophious (Ὀφιοῦς), was a river of

ancient Pontus Pontus or Pontos (; el, Πόντος, translit=Póntos, "Sea") is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in the modern-day eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region and its mountainous hin ...

, the mouth of which was 90

stadia Stadia may refer to: * One of the plurals of stadium, along with "stadiums" * The plural of stadion, an ancient Greek unit of distance, which equals to 600 Greek feet (''podes''). * Stadia (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, now in Turkey * Stadi ...

to the east of port Hyssus, and which separated

Colchis In Greco-Roman geography, Colchis (; ) was an exonym for the Georgian polity of Egrisi ( ka, ეგრისი) located on the coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia (country), Georgia. Its population, the Colchians a ...

from the country of the Thianni. It is identified with the modern Istala Dere in Asiatic Turkey.

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Geography of Pontus Colchis Rivers of Turkey Ancient Greek geography {{Turkey-river-stub