Elis

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Also Known As	Elea • Iliá

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Olympic Games Delphi Knossos Mycenae Olympia Pella Epidaurus Verghina Eleusis Dodona Eretria

Athens: Acropolis

ancient Greek civilization

historical region, Eurasia

Olympia

Olympia

ancient site, Greece

Greece

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Phaedo

Greek philosopher

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.

Ancient Greece