- Elis (/ˈiːlɪs/) or
Eleia (/ɪˈlaɪ.ə/;
Attic Gr****: Ἦλις, romanized: Ēlis [ɛ̂ːlis]; Elean: Ϝᾶλις [wâːlis]; Gr****: Ήλιδα, romanized: Ilida) is an ancient...
- The
Elean or
Eleian War (c. 400 BC) was a
conflict between the Gr**** city-states of
Sparta and Elis.
Sparta and Elis had been
allies against Athens during...
-
other cities of
Triphylia revolted against the
Eleians with the ****istance of Sparta, with the
Eleians accepting Triphylian independence in 400 BC. With...
- interruption, on more than one
occasion they were held by
others than the
Eleians. The
Eleians declared such
games Anolympiads (non-Olympics), but it is ****umed...
- walls,
relying upon the
sanctity of
their country. At the same time the
Eleians were
divided into a
certain number of
local tribes; or if the
latter existed...
- Psophis.
Lasion was a
frequent object of
dispute between the
Arcadians and
Eleians, both of whom laid
claim to it. In the war
which the
Spartans carried on...
- the
eighth Olympiad (747 BCE) the
Pisatans succeeded in
depriving the
Eleians of the
presidency by
calling in the ****istance of
Pheidon I, king of Argos...
- his
commands for the
labours through a herald, Copreus, son of
Pelops the
Eleian. This
Copreus had
killed Iphitus and fled to Mycenae,
where he was purified...
- ********inated
emperor Gratian,
drowned in the sea
Andromachus (364 BC).
Eleian cavalry general Odysseas Angelis (1987), Gr****
general and head of the ****enic...
- the
Scilluntians ****isted Pyrrhus, king of Pisa, in
making war upon the
Eleians; but they were
completely conquered by the latter, and both Pisa and Scillus...
