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Pythian Games

ancient Panhellenic athletic festival held at Delphi in honor of Apollo
Class type of: penteteric competition, stephanitic games, panegyris Q649128

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
religious holiday, recurring sporting event[6]
Country
Greece[5]
Location
Delphi, Krissean plain[7][8]
Subclass of
penteteric competition, stephanitic games, panegyris
Coordinate location
🗺️ 38.483°, 22.498°
Dedicated to
Apollo, Pythios[11][12]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), New International Encyclopedia[13][14][15][16]
End time
400[10]
Event interval
+4[17]
Start time
590 BC[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pythian Games en Delphic Games ar الألعاب البيثية cs Pýthické hry da Delphic Games da De pythiske lege da Pythiske lege da Delphi lege de Pythische Spiele de Delfiade de Delphiade de Delphische Spiele de Jugenddelphiade de Pythiade de Pythien el Πύθια es Juegos Piticos es Juegos Píticos fi Pythian kisat fi Python kisat
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
sports/Pythian-Games
Freebase ID
/m/0ks21
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3142072
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
pifiiskie-igry-7b1de5
Larousse ID
divers/jeux_Pythiques/84561, mythologie/jeux_Pythiques/189973
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3964828
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
5463
Topic's main category
Category:Pythian Games
ToposText person ID
14290

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New International Encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Country 1
Greece
Dedicated to 1
Apollo
Instance of 1
religious holiday
Location 1
Delphi
← Participant in 1
Milo of Croton
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Summary

Pythian Games is a religious holiday[1]. It is a type of penteteric competition[2], stephanitic games[3], and panegyris[4].

Related Entities

Greece Milo of Croton

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Event interval → 4 year
    Dedicated to → Apollo, Pythios
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +1
    End time → 4th century
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Oxford Classical Dictionary ID: 5463, Matched to Pythian Games (#107287516) in Oxford Classical Dict…"
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