ELIS, the chief city of the ancient Greek district of Elis, on the ridge now called Kalaskopi, south of the river Peneus, where it passes from the mountainous Acrorea into the lowland. It was traditionally founded by Oxylus, leader of the Aetolian immi grants, whose statue stood in the market-place. In 471 B.C. it incorporated various small hamlets, whose inhabitants took up their abode in the city. As all the athletes in the Olympic games were obliged to undergo a month's training in the city, its gym nasiums were among its principal institutions. Other objects of interest are described in detail by Pausanias, but no buildings can be identified, the only remains visible dating from Roman times. On the acropolis was a temple of Athena, with a gold and ivory statue by Pheidias. The history of the town follows that of the country (q.v.). In 399 B.C. it was occupied by Agis, king of Sparta. The acropolis, now called Palaeopolis, was forti fied in 312 by Telesphorus, the admiral of Antigonus, but it was shortly afterwards dismantled by Philemon, another of his generals.