Elis

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Elis canonical 85
Ēlis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (86)

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

Kronion hill locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Elis
subject surface form: Kronion Hill
sanctuary of Zeus locatedIn Elis
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
Kladios River region Elis
Mantineia alliedWith Elis
Ellis hasVariantForm Elis
Eleans locatedIn Elis
sanctuary of Artemis locatedInRegionalUnit Elis
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Artemis at Scillus
Skillountia locatedIn Elis
Altis locatedIn Elis
Mantinea alliedWith Elis
river Alpheus passesThrough Elis
subject surface form: Alpheus
river Alpheus crossesRegion Elis
subject surface form: Alpheus