Isthmian Games
Poseidon's ancient competition
The Isthmian Games were one of the four great Panhellenic athletic festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years near Corinth on the Isthmus connecting mainland Greece to the Peloponnese.
Like the Olympics, they featured athletic and musical competitions.
Winners received crowns of pine or celery.
The games honored Poseidon.
- chariot racingCompetitive horse-drawn cart sprints
- poetry contestsCompetitive events for verse
- musical performancesLive presentations of music
- PoseidonGreek sea deity
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
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