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Definition of Isthmian

Isthmian
Isthmian Isth"mi*an, a. [L. Isthmius, Gr. ?. See Isthmus.] Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece. 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.

Meaning of Isthmian from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- The 2024–25 season will be the 110th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs...
- The Isthmian script is an early set of symbols found in inscriptions around the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, dating to c. 500 BCE – 500 CE, though with dates...
- before joining the Isthmian League after winning the Spartan League in 1919–20 and 1920–21. They spent 64 years in the Isthmian League, winning eight...
- The 2023–24 season was the 109th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs...
- The isthmian wren (Cantorchilus elutus) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. The isthmian wren, with...
- Isthmian Oration may refer to: Diogenes or the Isthmian Oration, Oration 9 by Dio Chrysostom Isthmian Oration on Poseidon, Oration 46 by Aelius Aristides...
- The Isthmian Club, founded in 1882, later had premises at 105, Piccadilly, London, in a grand five-bay house that had belonged to Sir Julian Goldsmid,...