Definition of 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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