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Cicysium or Kikysion () was the largest of the eight towns of
Pisatis Pisa () is a village situated to the east of Olympia, Greece, located on the northwest side of the Peloponnesus peninsula. Currently it is not politically independent but it is a community of the municipality of Ancient Olympia, in the regional ...
in
ancient Elis Elis () or Eleia (; ; Elean: ; ) is an ancient district in Greece that corresponds to the modern regional unit of Elis. Elis is in southern Greece on the Peloponnese, bounded on the north by Achaea, east by Arcadia, south by Messen ...
. It is located near the Elean towns of
Buprasium Buprasium or Bouprasion () was a town of ancient Elis, and the ancient capital of the Epeii, frequently mentioned by Homer. The town first occurs as providing ships, commanded together with three other zones by captains that are mentioned separatel ...
and
Dymaea Dymaea or Dymaia () was a town of ancient Elis, located near the Arcadian border, and near Buprasium and Cicysium Cicysium or Kikysion () was the largest of the eight towns of Pisatis in ancient Elis. It is located near the Elean towns of Buprasiu ...
, and near
Pheraea Pheraea or Pheraia (), also Pharaea or Pharaia (Φαραία), was a town in ancient Arcadia. Strabo writes that it was near the border between Arcadia and ancient Elis, Elis, and that the cities of Harpina (city), Harpina and Cicysium were on the ...
in Arcadia. Its site is unlocated.


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Populated places in ancient Elis Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns {{ancientElis-geo-stub