PYTHIAN GAMES

Definition: PYTHIAN GAMES

PYTHIAN GAMES

1. (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national festivals of ancient Greece, celebrated near Delphi, in honor of Apollo, the conqueror of the dragon Python, at first once in eight years, afterward once in four.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definition: PYTHIAN GAMES

Domain	Definition
Literature	Pythian Games The games held by the Greeks at Pytho, in Phocis, subsequently called Delphi. They took place every fourth year, the second of each Olympiad. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Pythian Games

The Pythian Games were one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, a forerunner of the modern Olympic Games, held every four years at Delphi.

They were held in honour of Apollo two years after (and two years before) each Olympic Games, and between each Nemean and Isthmian Games. They were founded sometime in the 6th century BC, and, unlike the Olympic Games, also featured competitions for music and poetry. The music and poetry competitions pre-dated the athletic portion of the games, and were said to have been started by Apollo after he killed Python and set up the oracle at Delphi. Otherwise, the athletic events were the same as the Olympic Games, except that there was no four-horse chariot race.

The winners received a wreath of bay leaves from the city of Tempe in Thessaly.

Anagrams: PYTHIAN GAMES

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