Pythian Games
Apollo's athletic festival
The Pythian Games were one of the four Panhellenic athletic festivals of ancient Greece, held every four years at Delphi in honor of Apollo.
Second in prestige only to the Olympic Games, they included athletic competitions alongside musical and poetic contests befitting the god of art and prophecy.
Winners received laurel wreaths from the sacred grove.
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
- WrestlingCombat sport involving holds
- laurelVictory wreath plant
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- ancient GreeceClassical Mediterranean civilization
laurel wreath · lyre · athletic competition · oracle · wreath · sacred · chariot · temple · stadium · serpent · Greece · priestess · Eleusinian Mysteries · ancient · hymns · glory · competition · victors
- ancient festivalsSaturnalia, Lemuria, Samhain, Beltane, Olympic Games
- Apollolyre, laurel, sun god, oracle, Delphic oracle
- DelphiApollo, oracle, Temple of Apollo, Mount Parnassus, prophecies
- Greek festivalsEleusinian Mysteries, Olympic Games, Isthmian Games, Nemean Games
- Greek sanctuariesOlympia, sacred grove, oracle, priestess, votive offerings
prestige/primacy among panhellenic games
Pythian GamesOlympic Games
International multi-sport competition
Olympics · Nemean Games · Isthmian Games · gladiatorial combat · chariot racing