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Pythian games

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Pythian games , in ancient Greece, games held at Delphi every four years (the third of each Olympiad). They included musical, literary, and athletic contests. The games honored Apollo and took their name from Pythia, the priestess of the oracle at Delphi . Author not available, PYTHIAN GAMES. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Pythian Games
...the 5th century to the 4th century . They took place in August of the third year of each Olympiad (the four-year period between Olympic Games ). Events were similar to those of the ancient Olympics. Pythian Games Pythian Games Pythian Games Read more

Olympic games
Olympic games premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern...Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 BC, the contests in Homer's Iliad indicate...of Olympia for four days every fourth summer, the Olympic games were the oldest and most prestigious of ... Read more

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	Ancient & modern ; ...composed poems on commission for athletes who won at the various games held around the Greek world, and he has nasty things to say...writes in honour of the young wrestler Aristomenes who at the Pythian games in Delphi beat three opponents on his way to victory, `with... Read more
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