Isthmian Games

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Panhellenic Games ancient Greek athletic festival religious festival

The Isthmian Games were one of the major Panhellenic athletic and religious festivals of ancient Greece, held near Corinth in honor of the sea god Poseidon.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Isthmian Games canonical	14
Isthmian Games (in some traditions)	1
Isthmian festival	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Panhellenic Games ⓘ ancient Greek athletic festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
alternativeFoundingAttribution	Sisyphus ⓘ
approximateStartCentury	7th century BC ⓘ
associatedSanctuary	Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia ⓘ surface form: Sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia
category	Ancient Greek athletics ⓘ Greek religious festivals ⓘ
continuedUnder	Roman rule ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalSphere	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Hellenic world
dedicatedTo	Poseidon ⓘ
frequency	biennial ⓘ
heldAtSanctuaryOf	Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia ⓘ
heldEvery	two years ⓘ
honoredDeity	Poseidon ⓘ
includedEvent	boxing ⓘ chariot racing ⓘ heralds’ contests ⓘ horse racing ⓘ musical contests ⓘ pankration ⓘ pentathlon ⓘ poetry contests ⓘ stadion footrace ⓘ trumpeters’ contests ⓘ wrestling ⓘ
languageOfParticipants	Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterPrizeMaterial	pine ⓘ
location	Isthmus of Corinth ⓘ near Corinth ⓘ
mainDiscipline	athletics ⓘ
mythicOriginAssociatedWith	funeral games for Melicertes-Palaemon ⓘ
nearByCityState	Corinth ⓘ
openTo	Greeks from all city-states ⓘ
organizedBy	Corinth ⓘ
originalPrizeMaterial	dry wild celery ⓘ
partOf	Panhellenic Games ⓘ surface form: Panhellenic cycle of games
peakPeriod	Classical Greece ⓘ
politicalFunction	panhellenic gathering ⓘ
prizeType	wreath ⓘ
relatedEvent	Nemean Games ⓘ Olympic Games ⓘ Pythian Games ⓘ
religiousFunction	cult of Poseidon ⓘ
sacredTruce	yes ⓘ
season	spring ⓘ
traditionalFoundingAttribution	Theseus ⓘ
typeOfCompetition	artistic ⓘ athletic ⓘ equestrian ⓘ musical ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Ancient Greek religion → hasFestival → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Pythian Games → sisterEvent → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Nemean Games → follows → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Nemean Games → similarTo → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Poseidon → festival → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Pindar's odes → performanceContext → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Theseus → instituted → Isthmian Games ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isthmian Games (in some traditions)

Corinth → religiousCenterFor → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Corinth → hosted → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Panhellenic Games → consistsOf → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Panhellenic Games → hasPart → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Pindar → associatedWithEvent → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea → associatedWith → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia → associatedWith → Isthmian Games ⓘ

Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia → associatedEvent → Isthmian Games ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isthmian festival

Isthmia → hosted → Isthmian Games ⓘ