Elis in the Peloponnese

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Elis in the Peloponnese is an ancient Greek region in western Peloponnese, best known as the homeland of the Olympic Games at Olympia.

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Elis in the Peloponnese canonical 1
Mythology of Elis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek region
historical region
regional unit of Greece
ancientNameInGreek Elis, Greece
surface form: Ἦλις (Elis)
associatedWithDeity Hera
Zeus
borders Achaea
Arcadia
Ionian Sea
Messenia
contains river Alpheus
surface form: Alpheus River

Elis (city)
Olympia
Pineios River
surface form: Peneus River
ethnicGroup Eleans
governedBy Elean democracy (Classical period)
Elean kings (early period)
Elean state
hasArchaeologicalSite Olympia archaeological site
Ancient Elis
surface form: ancient city of Elis
hasCapital Amaliada
Elis (city)
Pyrgos
knownFor fertile plains
horse breeding
olive cultivation
sanctuary of Olympia
site of the ancient Olympic Games
language Ancient Greek
locatedIn Greece
Peloponnese
southwestern Greece
surface form: western Peloponnese
majorSanctuary Olympia
Temple of Hera at Olympia
Temple of Zeus at Olympia
modernAdministrativeStatus regional unit of West Greece periphery
modernCapital Pyrgos
participatedIn Peloponnesian League
Peloponnesian War
partOf Peloponnese
surface form: Peloponnese peninsula
regionType coastal plain
religion ancient Greek religion
sportsEventOrigin ancient Olympic Games
subdividedInto Hollow Elis
Pisatis
Triphylia
timePeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
Roman Antiquity
surface form: Roman period
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Olympia

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Phaedo of Elis region Elis in the Peloponnese
Hippodamia category Elis in the Peloponnese
this entity surface form: Mythology of Elis