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Isthmian games
(gcide) | Isthmian \Isth"mi*an\, a. [L. Isthmius, Gr. ?. See Isthmus.]
Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of
Corinth, in Greece.
[1913 Webster]
Isthmian games (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national
festivals of Greece, celebrated on the Isthmus of Corinth
in the spring of every alternate year. They consisted of
all kinds of athletic sports, wrestling, boxing, racing on
foot and in chariots, and also contests in music and
poetry. The prize was a garland of pine leaves.
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isthmian games
(wn) | Isthmian Games
n 1: the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the
Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each
Olympiad |
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isthmian games
(wn) | Isthmian Games
n 1: the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the
Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each
Olympiad |
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