Alesiaeum or Alesiaion ( Ancient Greek: Ἀλεσιαῖον), also called Aleisium or Aleision (Ἀλείσιον) by Homer [1] and Alesium or Alesion (Ἀλήσιον) by Stephanus of Byzantium, [2] was a town of Pisatis in ancient Elis, situated upon the road leading across the mountains from Elis to Olympia. [3] It appears in the Catalogue of Ships in Homer's Iliad. [1]
Its site is unlocated. [4]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Alesiaeum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.