Ἦλις

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Ἦλις is the ancient Greek name for Elis, a historical region in the western Peloponnese known for hosting the sanctuary of Olympia and the original Olympic Games.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ἦλις canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek polis ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
regional state of ancient Greece ⓘ
alliedWith Sparta ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
associatedDeity Hera ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
borders Achaea ⓘ
Arcadia ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ
Messenia ⓘ
capital Elis (city) ⓘ
contains Altis (sacred grove at Olympia) ⓘ
Olympia ⓘ
sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
country Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culturalSignificance origin of the Olympic Games tradition ⓘ
currency Elian drachma ⓘ
dialect Northwest Doric Greek ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Greek
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
control of Olympic sanctuary revenues ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
governedBy Ephors of Elis ⓘ
linked to: Spartan Ephors

assembly of citizens ⓘ
hasNameInAncientGreek Ἦλις ⓘ
hasNameInEnglish Elis ⓘ
hasNameInLatin Elis ⓘ
knownFor control of the Olympic festival ⓘ
hosting the ancient Olympic Games ⓘ
hosting the sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterAlliedWith Athens ⓘ
locatedIn Peloponnese ⓘ
southern Greece ⓘ
western Peloponnese ⓘ
linked to: southwestern Greece
majorSanctuary Temple of Hera at Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
memberOf Peloponnesian League ⓘ
mentionedBy Pausanias ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
Xenophon ⓘ
modernEquivalentTerritory regional unit of Elis in Greece ⓘ
participatedIn Peloponnesian War ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period in Greece ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Elis → GreekName → Ἦλις ⓘ
Ἦλις → hasNameInAncientGreek → Ἦλις ⓘ