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Ἆλις

From LSJ

Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη → The first and best victory is to conquer self.

Plato, Laws, 626e

English (Slater)

Ἆλις Elis within whose territory was Olympia “ἐμὲ δ' ἐπὶ ταχυτάτων πόρευσον ἁρμάτων ἐς Ἆλιν” (O. 1.78) σεμνόν τἀκρωτήριον Ἄλιδος the hill of Kronos (O. 9.7) στρατὸν μυχοῖς ἥμενον Ἄλιδος (O. 10.33)

Spanish (DGE)

dór. v. Ἦλις.