Library HEPTAKOMETES

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Heptacometae (Mossynoeci) — a tribe on Mount Skidis above Colchis, as well as in the region of Trapezus and Pharnacia. Also known as Bizers.
Myth of the Colchian Golden Fleece
1st century BC

Heptacometae — 1) a tribe on Mount Skidis above Colchis; 2) a mountain tribe in the region of Trapezus and Pharnacia. It has a second more common name — Bizers.

VARIANT NAMES: Greek. Επτακωμΐται, Μοσυνηκοι, Russian. Geptakomety, Geptakomity, Mosineki.

Sources:

Ethnogenesis of the Abkhazians. D.A. Arshba, 2015