It was situated in the district Maenalia, situated on Mount Maenalus near the territory of Mantineia, near the source of the river Helisson (present Elissonas), a tributary of the Alpheius.
According to Greek mythology, the town was founded by Helisson, a son of Lycaon.
Pausanias (who visited in the 2nd century CE) found the head of the statue still remaining.
[4] The Elisphasii mentioned by Polybius[5] are conjectured by some writers to be a corrupt form of Helissontii.
Its site is tentatively located south the modern Piana.