kingdom of Elis

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ancient Greek state polis

The kingdom of Elis was an ancient Greek state in the western Peloponnese, best known for controlling Olympia and overseeing the Olympic Games.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
federal state of Elis 1
Kingdom of Elis 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek state ⓘ
polis ⓘ
allyOf Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDeity Hera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pelops NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Elis (city) NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
controls Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultCenter Sanctuary of Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ
currencyUsed ancient Greek drachma ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicGroup Eleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm aristocracy ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Alpheios River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peneios River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus autonomous state ⓘ
knownFor management of Olympic truce ⓘ
organization of Olympic Games ⓘ
sacred status of its territory during games ⓘ
languageUsed Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterPartOf Roman province of Achaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalPrivilege right to proclaim Olympic truce ⓘ
locatedIn Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
western Peloponnese NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringEntity Achaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Messenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSite Heraion of Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temple of Zeus at Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversaw Elean judges of the Olympic Games ⓘ
oversees ancient Olympic Games ⓘ
participatedIn Peloponnesian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Peloponnesian League NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Elis NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
subdividedInto Pisatis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Triphyllia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hollow Elis ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfControlOverOlympia administrative control ⓘ
religious control ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Augean Stables → partOf → kingdom of Elis ⓘ
Eleans → politicalOrganization → kingdom of Elis ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal state of Elis