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ILIS (Ancient city) ILIA
Pausanias Description of Elis (6.23.6 - 6.26.3
What is now the city of Elis had not yet been founded in Homer's time; in fact, the people of the country lived only in villages. And the country was called Coele5 Elis from the fact in the case, for the most and best of it was "Coele." It was only relatively late, after the Persian wars, that people came together from many communities into what is now the city of Elis.(Strabo 8.3.2)
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