Pisa

, a town of Elis, on the Alpheus at the west of the Peloponnesus, founded by Pisus the son of Perieres, and grandson of Æolus. Its inhabitants accompanied Nestor to the Trojan war, and they enjoyed long the privilege of presiding at the Olympic games, which were celebrated near their city. This honourable appointment was envied by the people of Elis, who made war against the Piseans, and after many bloody battles took their city and totally demolished it. It was at Pisa that Œnoma us murdered the suitors of his daughter, and that he himself was conquered by Pelops. The inhabitants were called Pisæi . Some have doubted the existence of such a place as Pisa; but this doubt originates from Pisa’s having been destroyed in so remote an age. The horses of Pisa were famous. The year on which the Olympic games were celebrated, was often called Pisæus ann us , and the victory which was obtained there was called Pisææ ramus olivæ . See: Olympia . Strabo , bk. 8 .— Ovid , Tristia , bk. 2 , li. 386 ; bk. 4 , poem 10, li. 95 .— Mela , bk. 2 .— Virgil , Georgics , bk. 3 , li. 180 .— Statius , Thebaid , bk. 7 , li. 417 .— Pausanias , bk. 6 , ch. 22 .