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An ancient country in western Greece on the Peloponnesian Peninsula; the most famous city in Elis was Olympia which was the site of the Olympian Games.
After the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE), Elis was subjugated by Sparta and never regained its former status as an independent city.
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