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PYTHIAN GAMES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of Apollo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Pythian Games" is a kind of...):
agon (a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes)