# Eleanor of Anjou, ( August 1289 – 9 August 1341, Monastery of St. Nicholas, Arene, Elis ), married at Messina 17 May 1302 Frederick III of Sicily

The ancient Olympic Games were held every four years in the Greek city of Olympia, in the Kingdom of Elis, from 776 BC through either 261 or 393 AD.

Olympia ( Greek: Olympía ), a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, the most famous games in history.

It is near the archaeological site of Elis, the city-state whose territory was the site of the ancient Olympic Games.

The below are the original Peloponesian members, except the ancient regions of Sparta, Elis and Messenia.

* Sami ( ancient city ), in Elis, Greece

* Pisa ( Greece ) or Pisatis, an ancient Greek town in Elis.

It is situated in a plain near ancient Elis, 1 km southwest of Kalyvia, 2 km northeast of Sosti and 9 km north of Amaliada.

It is located near the left bank of the river Pineios, 1 km northeast of Avgeio, 1 km west of Archaia Ilida ( ancient Elis ), 10 km north of Amaliada and 11 km northeast of Gastouni.

It is 3 km west of Kentro, 3 km northeast of Archaia Ilida ( ancient Elis ), 12 km east of Andravida and 12 km northeast of Amaliada.

* Elos, Elis, an ancient place in Elis, Greece

Ephyra was a city of ancient Elis, located on the river Selleeis ( the present Pineakos Ladonas ), and on the road to Lasion.

Category: Geography of ancient Elis

" The epithet Μακιστίος ( Makistios, Latinized as Macistius ) is generally understood to be an adjective referring to a town called Μάκιστος ( Makistos ) in the province of Triphylia in Elis.

* Lepreus: A town in Elis, it is suggested by The Hoopoe as a good place to start a new life but it is rejected by Euelpides because it puns with leprosy, which reminds him of Melanthius, a poet whose skin was evidently as bad as his verse ( line 149 ).

Lechaina () is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece.

Andravída (,, ) is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece.

Myrsini (, before 1915: Σουλεϊμάναγα-Souleimanaga ) is a town in Elis, Greece.

* Varda, Greece, a town in Elis, Greece

Amaliada ( Greek: Αμαλιάδα, Katharevousa: Ἀμαλιὰς, Amalias ) is a town and a former municipality in northwestern Elis, West Greece, Greece.

Huge firms are located in the town, like Hermès ( 580 jobs-upholstery and luxury luggage ), Bourjois, Chanel, Gucci, Agnès b., Sergent-Major, Elis ( 500 jobs-linen rental ), Forclum, UTB ( 400 jobs-public works ), Photovista Legrand, BNP Paribas, Boiron, Alliance Healthcare, Vetura, Fabio Lucci ... and publishers as computer Software Arkeia Software and MT Software.

Gastouni () is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece.

Vartholomio () is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece.

The town has two elementary schools and one high school building, with a standard junior high school and a music oriented junior high school ( the only one in Elis ).

Katakolo () is a seaside town in the municipality of Pyrgos in western Elis, Greece.

* Myrsini, a town in Elis

Andritsaina () is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece.

Müller states: " In oligarchical states, as in Elis, the people in later times remained almost constantly in the country ; and it frequently happened that grandfathers and grandchildren had never seen the town: there were also country courts of justice, and other regulations intended to make up for the advantages of a city life.

Tragano ( Greek, Modern: Τραγανό, Ancient / Katharevousa :-on ) is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece.

The municipality opened a campsite in 2002 outside the town at Myrsini Beach northwest of Myrsini in the northwestern part of Elis.

It is traditionally derived from the Indo-European root * mak -,* meh2k, meaning ' long ' or ' slender ', cognate with poetic Greek makednos or mêkedanos " long, tall ," Doric makos, Attic mêkos length, Makistos mythological eponymous of a town in Elis and epithet of Heracles, Avestan masah ' length ', Latin macer ' meagre ' Hittite mak-l-ant ' thin '.

The town of Amaliada in Elis, and the village of Amaliapoli in Magnesia, were named for the Queen.

In 397 Stilicho crossed the sea to Greece and succeeded in trapping the Goths in the mountains of Pholoe, on the borders of Elis and Arcadia in the peninsula.

* Elis ( regional unit ), Greece

* Elis Province, Greece

Description of Greece, Book 6: Elis II.

Vouprasia () is a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece.

Kastro-Kyllini () is a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece.

The region is based at Patras and is divided into three regional units ( pre-Kallikratis prefectures ), Aetolia-Acarnania in Central Greece and Achaea and Elis in the Peloponnese, which are further subdivided into 19 municipalities.

* Elis ( regional unit ), Greece

Dafnoula (, meaning little laurel ) is a community and a mountain village in Elis in Greece.