Pylus, also called Pylos, was a town in the district known as hollow Elis, described by Pausanias as situated on the mountain road from Elis to Olympia, at the point where the Ladon river flows into the Peneius. Pausanias placed it 80 stadia from the city of Elis, Diodorus gave the distance as 70 stadia, and Pliny the Elder gave it as 12 Roman miles, while Strabo, in a passage considered corrupt, located it near Mount Scollis. This settlement is distinct from the far better known Pylos of Messenia associated with Nestor in Homeric legend.
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1. Pylus (Elis) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 37.85, longitude 21.5667
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 37.85,21.5667
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 195.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 21.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 21.75
37.75 21.75 Csa
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/Athens; GR has this one zone in zone1970.tabQuote, Zone Europe/Athens; GR has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14 ... # go with EU rules instead, since Greece joined Jan 1. 2:00 EU EE%sT
Pylus (Elis) (Wikipedia)
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Pylus or Pylos (Ancient Greek: Πύλος) was a town in hollow Elis, described by Pausanias as situated upon the mountain road leading from Elis to Olympia, and at the place where the Ladon flows into the Pineus.
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