Strabo: The Eleians alone had profound peace

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Strabo
Geography
Translated by Horace Leonard Jones

…those who later founded the city of the Elians left it without a wall, and those who go through the country itself with an army give up their arms and then get them back again after they have passed out of its borders; and Iphitus celebrated the Olympian Games, the Eleians now being a sacred people; for these reasons the people flourished, for whereas the other peoples were always at war with one another, the Eleians alone had profound peace, not only they but their alien residents as well, and for this reason their country became the most populous of all….