kingdom of Elis

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
federal state of Elis 1
kingdom of Elis canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek state
polis
allyOf Sparta
associatedDeity Hera
Pelops
Zeus
capital Elis (city)
conflictWith Sparta
controls Olympia
cultCenter Sanctuary of Olympia
currencyUsed ancient Greek drachma
economyBasedOn agriculture
pastoralism
ethnicGroup Eleans
hasGovernmentForm aristocracy
monarchy
hasMajorRiver Alpheios River
Peneios River
linked to: Pineios River
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
legalPrivilege right to proclaim Olympic truce
locatedIn Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity

Peloponnese
western Peloponnese
neighboringEntity Achaea
Arcadia
Messenia
notableSite Heraion of Olympia
Temple of Zeus at Olympia
oversaw Elean judges of the Olympic Games
oversees ancient Olympic Games
participatedIn Peloponnesian War
partOf Peloponnesian League
region Elis
religion ancient Greek religion
subdividedInto Pisatis
Triphyllia
linked to: Triphylia

hollow Elis
timePeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
typeOfControlOverOlympia administrative control
religious control

How these facts were elicited

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 federal state of Elis
linked to: kingdom of Elis