The first Olympic festival was organized in Elean land, Olympia, Greece by the authorities of Elis in the 8th century BC, with tradition dating the first games at 776 BC. TheHellanodikai, the judges of the Games, were of Elean origin.[citation needed]The local form of the name was Valis, or Valeia, and its meaning, in all probability, “the lowland” (compare with the word valley).[citation needed] In its physical constitution Elis is similar to Achaea and Arcadia; its mountains are mere offshoots of the Arcadian highlands, and its principal rivers are fed by Arcadian springs.[citation needed]
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