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Isthmian Games or
Isthmia (Ancient Gr****: Ἴσθμια) were one of the Pan****enic
Games of
Ancient Greece, and were
named after the
Isthmus of Corinth, where...
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honoring Zeus; and, finally, the
Isthmian Games set in
Isthmia and held in
honor of Poseidon. The
places at
which these games were held were
considered to...
- Look up
isthmian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Isthmian is the
adjective pertaining to an isthmus. It may also
refer to:
Isthmian Games, one of...
- The
Isthmian League (/ˈɪs(θ)miən/) is a
regional football league covering Greater London, East and
South East England,
featuring mostly semi-professional...
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known as the Pan****enic
Games,
which included the
Pythian Games, the
Nemean Games, and the
Isthmian Games. The
Olympic Games reached the
height of their...
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prizes competed for at the Pan****enic
Games – the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and
Isthmian Games – the "crown
games", each with a
different vegetation crown...
- four years, two
years after the
Olympic Games, and
between each
Nemean and
Isthmian Games. The
Pythian Games were
founded sometime in the 6th century...
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least one set of
games every year. The
other Pan****enic
Games were the Pythian, Nemean, and
Isthmian Games,
though the
Olympic Games,
being the oldest...
- horseracing. In
Corinth his cult was
related to the
Isthmian games. In
Arcadia his cult was
related to the
games "Hippocrateia" and at
Sparta he had a temple...
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political affairs of the Gr**** states. In 196 BC
Flamininus appeared at the
Isthmian Games in
Corinth and
proclaimed the
freedom of the Gr**** states. He was fluent...
