Elĭcius, a surname of Jupiter, worshipped on mount Aventine. Ovid, Fasti, bk. 3, li. 328.
Eliensis and Eliăca, a sect of philosophers founded by Phædon of Elis, who was originally a slave, but restored to liberty by Alcibiades. Diogenes Laërtius.—Strabo.
Elimēa, or Elimiotis, a district of Macedonia, or of Illyricum according to others. Livy, bk. 42, ch. 53; bk. 45, ch. 30.
Elis, a country of Peloponnesus at the west of Arcadia, and north of Messenia, extending along the coast, and watered by the river Alpheus. The capital of the country called Elis, now Belvidere, became large and populous in the age of Demosthenes, though in the age of Homer it did not exist. It was originally governed by kings, and received its name from Eleus, one of its monarchs. Elis was famous for the horses it produced, whose celerity was so often known and tried at the Olympic games. Strabo, bk. 8.—Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 5.—Pausanias, bk. 5.—Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 5, li. 494.—Cicero, Letters to his Friends, bk. 13, ltr. 26; de Divinatione, bk. 2, ch. 12.—Livy, bk. 27, ch. 32.—Virgil, Georgics, bk. 1, li. 59; bk. 3, li. 202.
Eliphasii, a people of Peloponnesus. Polybius, bk. 11.
Elissa, a queen of Tyre, more commonly known by the name of Dido. See: [Dido].
Elissus, a river of Elis.
Ellopia, a town of Eubœa.——An ancient name of that island.
Elōrus, a river of Sicily on the eastern coast, called after a king of the same name. Herodotus, bk. 7, ch. 145.
Elos, a city of Achaia, called after a servant-maid of Athamas of the same name.