Margana ( grc, Μάργανα)
or Margalae or Margalai (Μαργάλαι)
or Margaea or Margaia (Μάργαια) was a town in the
Pisatis Pisa ( grc, Πῖσα) is a modern village situated to the east of Olympia, Greece. Currently it is not politically independent but is a neighborhood of the village of Archea Olympia, the capital of the Municipality of Ancient Olympia, of which it ...
in
ancient Elis, in the territory of
Amphidolia, was supposed by some to be the Homeric
Aepy Aipy or Aepy ( grc, Αἶπυ) was a city in ancient Elis, Greece. It was one of the oldest towns in Elis, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in ''Iliad'', as one of the territories ruled by Nestor. Homer uses the expression "ἐΰκτ ...
.
[ The Eleians were obliged to renounce their supremacy over it by the treaty which they made with ]Sparta
Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...
in 400 BCE, on which occasion it is called one of the Triphylian towns. It is mentioned as one of the towns taken by the Arcadians in their war with the Eleians in 366 BCE.[
Margana's site has not been located.]
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Populated places in ancient Elis
Former populated places in Greece
Lost ancient cities and towns
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