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These tribes were the Epeians,
Minyae and
Eleans.
Before the end of the 8th
century BC, however, the
Eleans had
vanquished both
their rivals, and established...
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Eleans who were
killed during World War I.
Another Roll of
Honour is
located outside of the
Hayward Theatre and
features the
names of 89 Old
Eleans killed...
- the
people of
Heracleia near
Miletus do not
agree with the
Eleans for
while the
Eleans show a tomb of Endymion, the folk of
Heracleia say that he retired...
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representations on
coins and art. The
statue of Zeus was
commissioned by the
Eleans,
custodians of the
Olympic Games, in the
latter half of the
fifth century...
- or δρῆγες drêges) (Attic strouthoi) (Hsc.
trikkos small bird and king by
Eleans) ϝράτρα
Wratra law,
contract (Attic rhetra) σερός
seros yesterday (Attic...
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Alipheiran cult was
perhaps influenced by
rites in Elis at Olympia. The
Eleans made
sacrifices either to the
flies themselves, or to a Zeus
Apomyios ("Shoo-Fly...
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league against the Spartans, led by King
Agesilaus II and
supported by the
Eleans, Athenians, Euboeans, and Mantineans. The
battle was to
determine which...
- Pausanias, the
Arcadians had
invaded Elis and the
Eleans were
ready to
fight them. Then
among the
Eleans appeared a
woman with a boy at her
breast and said...
- made war upon the
Eleans. It was only a
stadium and a half in cir****ference, but its
walls were 30
cubits high. It was
taken by the
Eleans under Euripides...
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after Elis
refused to
endorse the
Peace of
Nicias in 421 BC. In 420, the
Eleans,
claiming that
Sparta violated a
truce brought about by the
Olympic Games...
