Elis (city)
Elis ( ancient Greek Ἦλις ) was the capital of the ancient landscape of Elis in the north-western Peloponnese .
The city is located at the exit of the Peneios river from the mountains into the plains in the area of today's Amaliada municipality north of Kalyvia.
history
It is said to be 471 BC. BC by Synoikismos , but it is unclear what the ancient sources mean by this, the city already existed in the same place before and there were separate communities in the region of Elis before and after.
Research history
The first excavations were carried out in Elis from 1910 to 1914 by the Austrian Archaeological Institute under the direction of Otto Walter . From 1960 to 1981 the Archaeological Society of Athens carried out further excavations under the direction of Nikolaos Yalouris and with Austrian participation. Some of the finds are exhibited in the local archaeological museum founded in 1981, for which a new building was built in 2003.
literature
- Alfred Philippson : Elis 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 2, Stuttgart 1905, Col. 2432 f.
- Nikolaos Yalouris : Elis . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 . Pp. 299-300.
- Yves Lafond: Elis 2. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 , Sp. 996.
Web links
- Elis on the side of the Greek Ministry of Culture
- Museum of Elis on the site of the Greek Ministry of Culture
- Elis on gtp.gr
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 37 ° 53 ′ 31.5 ″ N , 21 ° 22 ′ 28.4 ″ E