Elis in the Peloponnese

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Elis in the Peloponnese is an ancient Greek region in western Peloponnese, best known as the homeland of the Olympic Games at Olympia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Elis in the Peloponnese canonical 2
Mythology of Elis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
regional unit of Greece ⓘ
ancientNameInGreek Ἦλις (Elis) ⓘ
linked to: Elis, Greece
associatedWithDeity Hera ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
borders Achaea ⓘ
Arcadia ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ
Messenia ⓘ
contains Alpheus River ⓘ
linked to: river Alpheus

Elis (city) ⓘ
Olympia ⓘ
Peneus River ⓘ
linked to: Pineios River
ethnicGroup Eleans ⓘ
governedBy Elean democracy (Classical period) ⓘ
Elean kings (early period) ⓘ
Elean state ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Olympia archaeological site ⓘ
ancient city of Elis ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Elis
hasCapital Amaliada ⓘ
Elis (city) ⓘ
Pyrgos ⓘ
knownFor fertile plains ⓘ
horse breeding ⓘ
olive cultivation ⓘ
sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ
site of the ancient Olympic Games ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Greece ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
western Peloponnese ⓘ
linked to: southwestern Greece
majorSanctuary Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Hera at Olympia ⓘ
Temple of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
modernAdministrativeStatus regional unit of West Greece periphery ⓘ
modernCapital Pyrgos ⓘ
participatedIn Peloponnesian League ⓘ
Peloponnesian War ⓘ
partOf Peloponnese peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Peloponnese
regionType coastal plain ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
sportsEventOrigin ancient Olympic Games ⓘ
subdividedInto Hollow Elis ⓘ
Pisatis ⓘ
Triphylia ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Olympia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Phaedo of Elis → region → Elis in the Peloponnese ⓘ
Hippodamia → category → Mythology of Elis ⓘ
linked to: Elis in the Peloponnese
King Augeas → associatedPlace → Elis in the Peloponnese ⓘ