Elea

Elea, modern Velia, was founded under the name Hyele by Phocaean Greeks around 538 to 535 BCE, following 8 to 10 years of wandering after they were forced to flee a Persian siege of their homeland. It is most famous as the source of the Eleatic school of philosophy, the most famous member of which, Zeno of Elea, is known for his paradoxes demonstrating the logical impossibility of motion among other deliberate absurdities.