Pythian Games

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Panhellenic games ancient Greek festival recurring sporting event

The Pythian Games were one of the four major Panhellenic festivals of ancient Greece, featuring athletic and musical competitions held in honor of Apollo at Delphi.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Festivals of Apollo 2
Pythian Games at Delphi 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Panhellenic games ⓘ
ancient Greek festival ⓘ
recurring sporting event ⓘ
associatedMyth Apollo slaying Python ⓘ
competitionType aulos playing ⓘ
boxing ⓘ
comedy performance ⓘ
kithara playing ⓘ
pankration ⓘ
pentathlon ⓘ
poetry recitation ⓘ
singing to kithara ⓘ
stadion race ⓘ
tragedy performance ⓘ
wrestling ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalSignificance artistic festival ⓘ
athletic festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
dedicatedTo Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Apollo Pythios
earliestForm musical contest ⓘ
frequency every four years ⓘ
governingBody Amphictyonic League ⓘ
hasComponent athletic competitions ⓘ
chariot races ⓘ
dramatic contests ⓘ
equestrian events ⓘ
musical competitions ⓘ
poetic contests ⓘ
processions ⓘ
religious ceremonies ⓘ
sacrifices ⓘ
honoursDeity Apollo ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
location Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
mainVenue Delphi ⓘ
partOf Panhellenic Games ⓘ
prize laurel wreath ⓘ
symbolic honors ⓘ
religiousContext Pythia ⓘ
surface form: Delphic oracle

Panhellenic cult of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: cult of Apollo at Delphi
sisterEvent Isthmian Games ⓘ
Nemean Games ⓘ
Olympic Games ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Python → afterDeathCommemoratedBy → Pythian Games ⓘ
Charioteer of Delphi → associatedWith → Pythian Games ⓘ
Gymnasium of Delphi → associatedWith → Pythian Games ⓘ
Sacred Way → associatedWith → Pythian Games ⓘ
subject surface form: Sacred Way (Delphi)
Sacred Way at Delphi → associatedWith → Pythian Games ⓘ
Temple of Apollo → associatedWith → Pythian Games ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Apollo at Delphi
Theatre of Delphi → associatedWith → Pythian Games ⓘ
Daphnephoria → category → Pythian Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Festivals of Apollo
Python → connectedTo → Pythian Games ⓘ
Panhellenic Games → consistsOf → Pythian Games ⓘ
Apollo → festival → Pythian Games ⓘ
Nemean Games → follows → Pythian Games ⓘ
Thargelia → hasCategory → Pythian Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Festivals of Apollo
Ancient Greek religion → hasFestival → Pythian Games ⓘ
Panhellenic Games → hasPart → Pythian Games ⓘ
Delphi → hosted → Pythian Games ⓘ
Pindar's odes → performanceContext → Pythian Games ⓘ
Isthmian Games → relatedEvent → Pythian Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pythian Games at Delphi
Nemean Games → similarTo → Pythian Games ⓘ
Stadium of Delphi → usedFor → Pythian Games ⓘ