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

ancient Pontus Pontus or Pontos (; ,) 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 hinterland (rising to the Pontic Alps in the ...

, the mouth of which was 90 stadia to the east of port

Hyssus Hyssus, also spelled Hyssos () and known as Hyssi portus, or Susarmia (Σουσάρμια), or Susurmaina (Σουσούρμαινα), or Psoron Limen (Ψωρῶν λιμήν), was a port-town of ancient Pontus on the Black Sea coast, at the mouth o ...

, and which separated

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

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

References

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