About The Word Isthmian
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Isthmian
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What's The Definition Of Isthmian?
[adj] of or relating to or forming an isthmus
Synonyms | Synonyms for Isthmian: Related Terms | Find terms related to Isthmian: See Also | Isthmian In Webster's Dictionary \Isth"mi*an\, a. [L. Isthmius, Gr. ?. See {Isthmus}.]
Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of
Corinth, in Greece.
{Isthmian games} (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national
festivals of Greece, celebrated on the Isthmus of Corinth
in the spring of every alternate year. They consisted of
all kinds of athletic sports, wrestling, boxing, racing on
foot and in chariots, and also contests in music and
poetry. The prize was a garland of pine leaves.
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