Panhellenic Games

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ancient Greek athletic festival cycle religious festival cycle

The Panhellenic Games were a series of four major athletic and religious festivals in ancient Greece, including the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games, held in honor of various gods and drawing competitors from across the Greek world.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Panhellenic games	3
Panhellenic cycle of games	1
Panhellenic games at Delphi	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek athletic festival cycle ⓘ religious festival cycle ⓘ
awardType	symbolic crowns ⓘ wreath prizes ⓘ
consistsOf	Isthmian Games ⓘ Nemean Games ⓘ Olympic Games ⓘ Pythian Games ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalSignificance	arena for inter-polis competition ⓘ expression of Panhellenic identity ⓘ reinforcement of Greek religious traditions ⓘ
culturalSphere	Panhellenic sanctuary network ⓘ surface form: Panhellenic
hasPart	Isthmian Games ⓘ Nemean Games ⓘ Olympic Games ⓘ Pythian Games ⓘ
honoredDeity	Apollo ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ Zeus ⓘ multiple Olympian gods ⓘ
includedDiscipline	boxing ⓘ chariot racing ⓘ foot races ⓘ horse racing ⓘ musical contests ⓘ pankration ⓘ pentathlon ⓘ poetry contests ⓘ wrestling ⓘ
influenced	modern concept of international sports festivals ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
participants	Greek city-states ⓘ athletes from across the Greek world ⓘ
purpose	display artistic excellence ⓘ display athletic excellence ⓘ foster unity among Greek city-states ⓘ honor the gods ⓘ
relatedTo	Greek athletics ⓘ Greek religion ⓘ Panhellenism ⓘ sacred truces (ekecheiria) ⓘ
religiousAspect	oracular consultations ⓘ processions ⓘ sacrifices ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Cleisthenes of Sicyon → associatedWith → Panhellenic Games ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panhellenic games at Delphi

Gymnasium of Delphi → associatedWith → Panhellenic Games ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panhellenic games

sanctuary of Olympia → gamesType → Panhellenic Games ⓘ

subject surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia

this entity surface form: Panhellenic games

Isthmian Games → partOf → Panhellenic Games ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panhellenic cycle of games

Nemean Games → partOf → Panhellenic Games ⓘ

Pythian Games → partOf → Panhellenic Games ⓘ

Argead dynasty → participatedIn → Panhellenic Games ⓘ

Pindar's odes → performanceContext → Panhellenic Games ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panhellenic games