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.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek region → historical region →
administrativeCenterOf	Olympic Games at Olympia →
associatedWithSanctuary	Olympia →
borders	Achaea → Arcadia → Messenia →
capital	Elis (city) →
continent	Europe →
country	Ancient Greece →
economy	agriculture →
ethnicGroup	Eleans →
governedBy	Elean city-state →
governedOlympicTruce	ekecheiria →
GreekName	Ἦλις →
hasArchaeologicalSite	Olympia → ancient city of Elis →
hasRiver	Alpheus River → Peneus River →
hostedEventFrequency	every four years (Olympic Games) →
knownFor	administration of the ancient Olympic Games →
language	Ancient Greek →
laterProvinceOf	Roman Empire →
locatedIn	Greece → Peloponnese → 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	Ēlis →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Echo Stoa → Gymnasion of Olympia → Hippodrome of Olympia → Leonidaion → Metroon of Olympia → North Stoa → Olympia → Olympia, Greece → Palaestra of Olympia → Philippeion → Prytaneion of Olympia → Sanctuary of Olympia → Scillus → South Stoa (Olympia) → Temple of Zeus at Olympia → Theokoleon →	locatedIn
Olympia → Temple of Hera at Olympia →	ancientRegion
Peloponnese → Southern Greece →	contains
Bouleuterion of Olympia → Pyrgos →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Myrtilus →	associatedPlace
Pyrrho →	associatedWith
Pyrrho →	birthPlace
Arcadia →	borderedBy
Pyrgos →	capitalOf
Phaedo of Elis →	citizenship
Western Greece →	containsRegionalUnit
Hades →	cultPlaces
Pausanias’ Description of Greece →	describes
Alfeios River →	flowsThrough
Hippodrome of Olympia →	governingCityState
Peloponnesian League →	hasMember
Figaleia →	hasNearbyBorder
First Macedonian War →	hasParticipant
Scillus →	historicalRegion
Heraia →	linkedToCityState
Figaleia →	locatedInModernRegionalUnit
Baths of Olympia →	locatedInRegionalUnit
Pyrrho →	placeOfActivity
Elis ("Ēlis") →	transliteratedName