Isthmian games

He is even said to have lectured to large audiences at the Isthmian Games.

The Isthmian games were celebrated in his honor.

His ghost was said to frighten horses during the Isthmian Games.

Corinth was also the host of the Isthmian Games.

In 581 BC, the Isthmian Games established by leading families.

Late Greek tradition also stated that Plato was known for wrestling in the Isthmian games.

Dicaearchus went so far as to say that Plato wrestled at the Isthmian games.

Isthmian Games held and Athenians invited.

"12 And he in turn loaded them with privileges and proclaimed the freedom of Greece at the Isthmian games.

All this while, I was waiting to go before the gymnaisiarchs when they picked the entrants for the Isthmian Games.

The Isthmian games were held at the temple to Poseidon on the Isthmus of Corinth.

Isthmian Games: One of the great athletic festivals of ancient Greece, it was a venue for camping both by athletes and spectators.

This takes place at the Isthmian Games at Corinth, coincidentally a festival dedicated to Neptune.

In 196 BCE, the Greeks had the Isthmian Games.

In 196, peace was finally agreed and at the Isthmian Games that year Flamininus proclaimed the liberty of the Greeks to general rejoicing.

He is the father of the Cleander who won the boys' pankration at the Isthmian Games sometime between 479 and 475 BC.

The Pythian, Nemean and Isthmian games most likely began sometime in the first or second quarter of the 6th century BCE.

This theory is supported by the crown of lovage, given to winners of the Nemean Games and the Isthmian Games, on the statue.

In 196 BC Flamininus appeared at the Isthmian Games in Corinth and proclaimed the freedom of the Greek states.

Dedicated to Sea God The Temple of Poseidon had been the site of the Isthmian games, a national celebration second only to the Olympics in fame.

For the people of Corinth had sent us a herald, announcing the sacred truce of Poseidon, and inviting us to send competitors to the Isthmian Games.

Telesarchus commissioned Pindar to write a victory ode, or epinikion, celebrating his son's athletic wins at both the Nemean and the Isthmian games.

Other important sporting events in ancient Greece were the Isthmian games, the Nemean Games, and the Pythian Games.

The Olympic Games were more important and more prestigious than the Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games.

He won this contest once in the Olympic games and once in the Nemean games, but was excluded from the Isthmian games as an Eleian.