Eleans

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ancient Greek people ethnic group

The Eleans were an ancient Greek people of the region of Elis in the Peloponnese, known especially for controlling Olympia and organizing the Olympic Games.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eleans canonical 6

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
administrativeRole maintenance of sanctuaries at Olympia ⓘ
oversight of athletic competitions at Olympia ⓘ
alliedWith Sparta ⓘ
surface form: Sparta (various periods)
associatedWithEvent Olympic Games ⓘ
surface form: ancient Olympic Games
conflictedWith Sparta ⓘ
surface form: Sparta (various periods)
controls Olympia ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
culture ancient Greek culture ⓘ
ethnicIdentity Greek ⓘ
ethnonymInGreek Ἠλεῖοι (Ēleioi) ⓘ
geographicalRegion Elis ⓘ
governedSanctuary Olympia ⓘ
historicalSource Herodotus ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ
Xenophon ⓘ
knownFor administration of the Olympic Games truce ⓘ
control of the sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
religious authority in Olympia ⓘ
language Greek language ⓘ
locatedIn Elis ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
southwestern Greece ⓘ
surface form: western Peloponnese
mainRiver Alpheios River ⓘ
mainSanctuary Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
neighbors Achaeans ⓘ
Arcadians ⓘ
Messenians ⓘ
Triphylians ⓘ
participatedIn Peloponnesian League ⓘ
partOf Greek world ⓘ
politicalOrganization kingdom of Elis ⓘ
surface form: federal state of Elis

polis-based community ⓘ
politicalStatus independent polis community in classical period ⓘ
regionCapital Elis (city) ⓘ
regionInAntiquity Elis, Greece ⓘ
surface form: Elis (ancient region)
regionType rural and pastoral region ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
religiousCenter Olympia ⓘ
responsibleFor organization of the ancient Olympic Games ⓘ
roleInOlympics judges of the Olympic Games (Hellanodikai) ⓘ
proclaimed Olympic truce (ekecheiria) ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
worshipped Zeus ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Elis → ethnicGroup → Eleans ⓘ
Scillus → laterControlledBy → Eleans ⓘ
Arcadians → neighboringPeople → Eleans ⓘ
Elis in the Peloponnese → ethnicGroup → Eleans ⓘ
subject surface form: Elis
Elis, Greece → ethnicGroup → Eleans ⓘ
subject surface form: Elis
Elis, Greece → OlympicTruceProclaimedBy → Eleans ⓘ
subject surface form: Elis