Elis (Organization, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/elis_city

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Elis (en), Élis (fr), Elis (es), Elis (it), Elis (de), Ήλιδα (el)Additional labels

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Elis (Ancient Greek: Ἦλις, Doric Greek: Ἆλις, in the local dialect: Ϝᾶλις, Modern Greek: Ήλιδα, romanized: Elida) was a polis (city-state) and the capital city of the ancient district of Elis, in ancient Greece. It was situated in the northwest of the Peloponnese, to the west of Arcadia.

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