CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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... Elis . A fertile region in the northwestern Peloponnesus and the principal city of that area . Elis was founded either by Aëthlius , a son by Zeus or Aeolus of Deucalion's daughter Protogeneia , or by Endymion , Aëthlius ' son by Calyce ...
... Elis . A fertile region in the northwestern Peloponnesus and the principal city of that area . Elis was founded either by Aëthlius , a son by Zeus or Aeolus of Deucalion's daughter Protogeneia , or by Endymion , Aëthlius ' son by Calyce ...
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... Elis . A. According to the Eleian informants of Pausanias , the institution had its origin before the human race began in footraces held by Heracles the Dactyl , who had come to Olympia from Cretan Mount Ida with his four younger ...
... Elis . A. According to the Eleian informants of Pausanias , the institution had its origin before the human race began in footraces held by Heracles the Dactyl , who had come to Olympia from Cretan Mount Ida with his four younger ...
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... Elis , Pisa had been under Eleian rule until Pelops made it independent . Their testimony must be doubted , however , for it was Elis that destroyed Pisa after a long and bitter feud over control of the highly profitable Olympic games ...
... Elis , Pisa had been under Eleian rule until Pelops made it independent . Their testimony must be doubted , however , for it was Elis that destroyed Pisa after a long and bitter feud over control of the highly profitable Olympic games ...
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