| 单词 | pythian games |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPythian games Pythian games n. one of the four national festivals of ancient Greece, celebrated near Delphi in the third year of each Olympiad. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > celebratory games > specific ancient Greek Nemean games1559 Panathenaea1578 Pythian games1579 Olympian Gamesa1586 Olympic Games1597 Isthmian games1603 Pythic games1603 Panathenaics1678 Nemean festival1844 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > in ancient world > specific Olympiada1456 Nemean games1559 Panathenaea1578 Pythian games1579 Olympian Gamesa1586 Olympic Games1597 Isthmian games1603 Pythic games1603 Capitoline games1609 Olympics1621 Panathenaics1678 Nemean festival1844 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 92 Aristotle, in the storie he wrote of those that wanne the Pythian games [Fr. de ceulx qui ont gaigné le prises ieux Pythiques; Gk. τῶν Πυθιονικῶν]..ascribeth vnto Solon the honour of that determination. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον iii. 181 What running velletation, combates, and contentions were in the Pythian and Olympicke games to obtaine the Chaplet. 1728 J. Ralph Touch-stone 201 The Pythian Games were consecrated to Apollo, in Memory of his destroying the Serpent Python. 1842 L. Schmitz in W. Smith Dict. Gr. & Rom. Antiq. at Pythia Previous to Ol[ympiad] 48 the Pythian games..had been celebrated at the end of every eighth year, but [after Ol. 48. 3] they were held at the end of every fourth year. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 886/1 The proverbs of the Seven Sages on the walls..bestowing crowns on benefactors of the god..preparing for the Pythian games, awarding the prizes. 2002 T. Scanlon Eros & Greek Athletics 17 The sentiment is echoed in Pindar, where a father who was an Olympic victor lives to see his son win in the Pythian Games. < as lemmas |
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