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🌍 Elis (city)

📖 Pausanias 2.26.1-2.26.2 📖 Pausanias 6.25.2-6.25.3 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6
Information
city in Elis
Pleiades
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570220
Identified with
🌍 Pisa (Elis)
Cult site of
👤 Hades👤 Seilenos👤 Achilles👤 Sosipolis
Place of birth of
👤 Dionysos (Olympian)
Place of death of
👤 Iphitos (Eleian)👤 Augeias (Elian)👥 the Sons of Augeias👤 Eurytion (Arcadian centaur)
Place of burial of
👤 Oxylos (Elian)
Founded by
👤 Endymion👥 the Aiolians👤 Oxylos (Elian)
Founded from
🌍 Thessaly🌍 Aitolia
Eponym
👤 Eleios (Elian I)
Ruled by
👤 Oxylos (Elian)👤 Phyleus👤 Pyttios👤 Augeias (Elian)👤 Oinomaos (Elian)👤 Salmoneus👤 Eleios (Elian I)👤 Endymion
Conquered by
👤 Heracles👥 the Epeians
Destroyed by
👤 Heracles👥 the Epeians
Relics preserved on site
🏛️ the Tomb of Oxylos (Elis)🏺 the Shoulder of Pelops
Encompasses
🏛️ the Stables of Augeias (Elis) 🌍 River Menios (Elis) 🏛️ the Gymnasium at Elis 🏛️ the Tomb of Oxylos (Elis) 🏛️ the Road of Silence (Elis) 🏛️ the Idaian Cave (Elis) 🏛️ the Temple of Sosipolis at Elis 🌍 the Agora of Elis 🎨 Relief Sculpture of Eros and Anteros in Xystos, Elis (Not Extant) 🎨 Statue of Oxylos at Elis (LIMC Oxylos 1) 🎨 Cult Image of Sosipolis with the Horn of Amaltheia from Shrine of Sosipolis at Elis (Not Extant)
Reported to have depictions of
👤 Eros👤 Anteros👤 Oxylos (Elian)🏺 the Horn of Amaltheia👤 Sosipolis
Related entities
👤 Endymion🌍 Thessaly👥 the Aiolians👤 Copreus👤 Iphitos (Eleian)👤 Heracles👤 Augeias (Elian)👥 the Sons of Augeias👤 Phyleus👤 Cteatos👤 Eurytos (s. of Molione)🌍 Cleonai (Argolid)🌍 Isthmia (Argolid)🌍 Elis (region)👤 Eleios (Elian I)👤 Oxylos (Elian)👤 Pelops (Pisan)🌍 Helice (Achaia)👤 Agorios🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi👤 Clytios (s. of Alcmaion)🌍 Psophis (Arcadia)👤 Axion (Arcadian)👤 Temenos (Arcadian)🌍 Delphi (Phocis)🌍 Eretria (Euboia)🏺 the Shoulder of Pelops👤 Hades👤 Seilenos🏛️ the Tomb of Oxylos (Elis)👤 Telemachos🌍 Ithaca (island)🌍 Argos (city)🌍 Pylos (Messenia)👤 Theoclymenos (s. of Polypheides)🌍 Chalcis (Elis)🏛️ Spring Crounoi (Elis)🌍 Pheai (Elis)👤 Peiraios (Ithacan)🌍 the Jagged Islands🌍 Sparta (Laconia)🌍 Pherai (Messenia)🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)👤 Iamos👤 Apollo🌍 Doulichion (island)🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia)🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese)🌍 Tainaron (Laconia)🌍 Same (island)🌍 Zacynthos (island)🌍 Knossos (Crete)🌍 Crisa (Phocis)🌍 Arene (Messenia?)🌍 Thryon (Messenia)🌍 Aipy (Messenia)🌍 Dyme (Achaia)🌍 Pharai (Achaia)👥 the Cretan Priests of Apollo🌍 Argyphea (Messenia?)🌍 Pylos (Triphylia)👤 Pyttios👤 Polyxenos (Elian II)👤 Odysseus🏺 the Mixing Bowl of Polyxenos👤 Dexamenos👤 Eurytion (Arcadian centaur)👤 Mnesimache👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Myrtilos👤 Oinomaos (Elian)🌍 Opountian Locris🌍 Mount Mainalion (Arcadia)👤 Protogeneia (Epeian)👤 Amyclas (Laconian)🌍 Amyclai (Laconia)👤 Argeios (s. of Pelops)👤 Dionysos (Olympian)👤 Poseidon👤 Eurytos (s. of Augeias)👥 the Cattle of Augeias🌍 Pisa (Elis)🌍 Bouprasion (Elis)👥 the Epeians👤 Salmoneus🌍 Aitolia🌍 Messene (Messenia)🌍 Pylos (Elis)👤 Aitolos (eponym)👤 Athena👤 Eurystheus🌍 River Peneios (Elis)🌍 Olympia (Elis)🌍 River Menios (Elis)🏛️ the Stables of Augeias (Elis)👤 Achilles👤 Eros👤 Heracles (Dactyl)👤 Anteros🌍 Elis (city)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia)🌍 Camarina (Sicily)👤 Sosipolis
Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.7.5📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.7.2📖 Pausanias 2.15.1📖 Pausanias 5.1.8📖 Pausanias 5.4.1-5.4.4📖 Pausanias 5.4.3📖 Pausanias 6.17.5-6.17.6📖 Pausanias 5.13.4-5.13.6📖 Pausanias 6.25.2-6.25.3📖 Pausanias 6.24.8📖 Pausanias 6.24.9📖 Homer, Odyssey 15.182-15.557📖 Pausanias 6.2.4-6.2.5📖 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 388-439📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 86 Most📖 Telegony Argumentum 1 West📖 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 26 West📖 Bacchylides fr. 44📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 77 Harder📖 Lucian, The Dance 47📖 Pindar, Olympian 9 40-79📖 Pindar, Olympian 10 24-59📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 132 Fowler📖 Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6📖 Diodoros, Library 4.33.1-4.33.4📖 Pomponius Mela 2.42📖 Strabo 8.3.8📖 Strabo 8.3.9📖 Strabo 8.3.31📖 Strabo 10.3.2-10.3.4📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 3.7📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 11.698📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 11.709📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.260-8.328📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.536-12.579📖 Conon, Narrations 14
Mentioned in text
Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasHomer, Odyssey Homeric Hymn 3 to ApolloHesiod, Ehoiai TelegonyPanyassis, HeracleiaBacchylidesCallimachus, AetiaLucian, The DancePindar, Olympian 9Pindar, Olympian 10Pherecydes of AthensDiodoros, LibraryPomponius MelaStraboServius, Scholia on GeorgicsD-Scholia, IliadOvid, MetamorphosesConon, Narrations
Reported to be mentioned in text
Dionysios ScytobrachionHecataios of MiletosEphorosVergil, GeorgicsCallimachus, AetiaHomer, IliadPherecydes of Athens
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 8 Rusten📖 Hecataios of Miletos fr. 25 Fowler = FGrHist 1 fr. 25📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 122a📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 77c Harder📖 Homer, Iliad 11.696-11.710📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 79b Fowler⚒️ Inscription on the Statue of Oxylos from Elis (Not Extant)
Relevant to local traditions reported from
🌍 Elis (city)
Reported to have local traditions about
👤 Epidauros👤 Pelops (Pisan)🌍 Pylos (Messenia)🌍 Pylos (Elis)👤 Dionysos (Olympian)🌍 Elis (city)
Local traditions reported by
📖 Pausanias 2.26.1-2.26.2 📖 Pausanias 6.25.2-6.25.3 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6
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