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Elis
(1,695 words)
(Ἦλις;
Êlis). [German version] [1] Region of the Peloponnese Region of the Peloponnese Lafond, Yves (Bochum) [German version] I. Definition Doric
Ális, Elean
Wális, probably ‘valley’, cf. Mycenaean
e-nwa-ri-jo (= *
en-walios), ethnicon Ἠλεῖοι (αλεῖοι ‘valley dwellers’), the north-western coastal region of the Peloponnese. E. is defined as the lower Peneius valley (later also Κοίλη Ἦλις;
Koílē Êlis, ‘Hollow Elis’), the largest (1160 km2) and most fertile part of the region. Not least because of its advantageous climate (wet, constant), E. was a favourite f…
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly
