Elis (city)

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ancient Greek city-state polis

Elis (city) was an ancient Greek city-state in the Peloponnese, known for overseeing the sanctuary of Olympia and the Olympic Games.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Elis (city) canonical 7
Pisa in Elis 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city-state ⓘ
polis ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Zeus ⓘ
associatedWithSanctuary Olympia ⓘ
capitalOf Elis region ⓘ
surface form: Elis (region)
controlled sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
territory of Elis ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
currency Elean coinage ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
horse breeding ⓘ
governedBy assembly of citizens ⓘ
magistrates ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite ancient Elis archaeological site ⓘ
hasRole host city-state of Olympic Games officials ⓘ
heldOffice Hellanodikai ⓘ
surface form: Hellanodikai (Olympic judges)
historicalRegionNowIn regional unit of Elis in Western Greece ⓘ
knownFor control of the Olympic sanctuary ⓘ
equestrian traditions ⓘ
fertile plains ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Elis region ⓘ
surface form: Elis (region)

Peloponnese ⓘ
southwestern Greece ⓘ
surface form: western Peloponnese
locatedInPresentDay Greece ⓘ
mentionedBy Pausanias ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Xenophon ⓘ
modernNearbySettlement Amaliada ⓘ
Gastouni ⓘ
neighboringEntity Achaea ⓘ
Arcadia ⓘ
Messenia ⓘ
oversees Olympic Games ⓘ
sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
participatedIn Peloponnesian War ⓘ
partOf Peloponnesian League ⓘ
surface form: Peloponnesian League (at times)
politicalStatus autonomous city-state (at various times) ⓘ
regionType rural ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of Olympia ⓘ
organization of the ancient Olympic Games ⓘ
river Pineios River ⓘ
surface form: Peneus River
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
trainingLocationFor athletes competing at Olympia ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elis → capital → Elis (city) ⓘ
Thyestes → associatedWith → Elis (city) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pisa in Elis
Pelops → associatedPlace → Elis (city) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pisa in Elis
Hippodamia → placeOfOrigin → Elis (city) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pisa in Elis
Elis in the Peloponnese → hasCapital → Elis (city) ⓘ
subject surface form: Elis
Elis in the Peloponnese → contains → Elis (city) ⓘ
subject surface form: Elis
Eleans → regionCapital → Elis (city) ⓘ
Ἦλις → capital → Elis (city) ⓘ
Elis, Greece → capital → Elis (city) ⓘ
subject surface form: Elis
Elis, Greece → contains → Elis (city) ⓘ
subject surface form: Elis