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Pisatis
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pisa, Greece.
Pisatis
The existence of an ancient district called Pisatis (ἡ Πισᾶτις, hē Pisâtis), which included 8 villages over half of modern Elis, is indicated by many ancient authors. Such a political unit is certain for the 4th century BC. A confederacy of eight states apparently existed in Pisatis, of which, besides Pisa, the following names are recorded: Salmone, Heracleia, Harpinna, Cycesium, and Dyspontium. The celebration of the festival of Zeus at Olympia had originally belonged to the Pisatans, in the neighbourhood of whose city Olympia was situated.