Elis

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ancient Greek region historical region

Elis was an ancient region in the western Peloponnese of Greece, best known as the administrative center of the Olympic Games held at nearby Olympia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Elis canonical 85
Ēlis 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Games at Olympia
associatedWithSanctuary Olympia ⓘ
borders Achaea ⓘ
Arcadia ⓘ
Messenia ⓘ
capital Elis (city) ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
economy agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Eleans ⓘ
governedBy Elean city-state ⓘ
governedOlympicTruce ekecheiria ⓘ
GreekName Ἦλις ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Olympia ⓘ
ancient city of Elis ⓘ
hasRiver river Alpheus ⓘ
surface form: Alpheus River

Pineios River ⓘ
surface form: Peneus River
hostedEventFrequency every four years (Olympic Games) ⓘ
knownFor administration of the ancient Olympic Games ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterProvinceOf Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Greece ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
surface form: western Peloponnese
memberOf Peloponnesian League ⓘ
modernCountry Greece ⓘ
modernSuccessorTerritory Elis regional unit ⓘ
near Olympia ⓘ
notedFor horse breeding ⓘ
participatedIn Peloponnesian War ⓘ
partOf Peloponnese ⓘ
politicalSystem polis ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period in Greece ⓘ
transliteratedName Elis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ēlis

Referenced by (86)

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

Echo Stoa → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Theokoleon → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Peloponnese → contains → Elis ⓘ
Leonidaion → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Hades → cultPlaces → Elis ⓘ
Temple of Zeus at Olympia → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Western Greece → containsRegionalUnit → Elis ⓘ
Temple of Hera at Olympia → ancientRegion → Elis ⓘ
Metroon of Olympia → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Philippeion → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Palaestra of Olympia → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Hippodrome of Olympia → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Hippodrome of Olympia → governingCityState → Elis ⓘ
Prytaneion of Olympia → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Gymnasion of Olympia → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Bouleuterion of Olympia → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Elis ⓘ
South Stoa → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
subject surface form: South Stoa (Olympia)
North Stoa → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Baths of Olympia → locatedInRegionalUnit → Elis ⓘ
Olympia → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Olympia → ancientRegion → Elis ⓘ
Figaleia → locatedInModernRegionalUnit → Elis ⓘ
Figaleia → hasNearbyBorder → Elis ⓘ
Arcadia → borderedBy → Elis ⓘ
Olympia, Greece → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Myrtilus → associatedPlace → Elis ⓘ
Phaedo of Elis → citizenship → Elis ⓘ
First Macedonian War (as ally of Philip V of Macedon) → hasParticipant → Elis ⓘ
subject surface form: First Macedonian War
Southern Greece → contains → Elis ⓘ
Elis → transliteratedName → Elis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ēlis
Alfeios River → flowsThrough → Elis ⓘ
Pyrgos → capitalOf → Elis ⓘ
Pyrgos → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Elis ⓘ
Pausanias’ Description of Greece → describes → Elis ⓘ
sanctuary of Olympia → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
Scillus → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Scillus → historicalRegion → Elis ⓘ
Peloponnesian League → hasMember → Elis ⓘ
Pyrrho → birthPlace → Elis ⓘ
Pyrrho → placeOfActivity → Elis ⓘ
Pyrrho → associatedWith → Elis ⓘ
Heraia → linkedToCityState → Elis ⓘ
Achaea → borderedBy → Elis ⓘ
Tyro → fatherIsKingOf → Elis ⓘ
Augean Stables → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Ἥραιον Ὀλυμπίας → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Ἥραιον Ὀλυμπίας → governingCityStateInAntiquity → Elis ⓘ
Olympia archaeological site → locatedIn → Elis ⓘ
Libon of Elis → associatedWithCity → Elis ⓘ
Sacred olive tree of Zeus → locatedInRegion → Elis ⓘ