Isthmian Games

American  

noun

1. one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.

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Isthmian Games British  

noun

1. a Panhellenic festival celebrated every other year in ancient Corinth

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Etymology

Origin of Isthmian Games

First recorded in 1595–1605

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Isthmian Games

I knew that a young Plato had competed as a wrestler at the Isthmian Games in the early fifth century B.C.

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2016

Isthmian Games, one of the four Pan-Hellenic festivals; they were periodically celebrated in honour of Poseidon or Neptune at the isthmus of Corinth, in Greece, whence the name.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

The Isthmian Games were the same as those at Olympia, of which we furnish a brief outline for the information of those who feel an interest in the sporting annals of antiquity.

From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket

And to the Concourse of the Isthmian Games He, by his Herald's voice, aloud proclaims 1815.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by William Wordsworth

Flaminus restoring liberty to Greece at the Isthmian Games.

From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket

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