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