PYTHIAN GAMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pythian Games mean? 

• PYTHIAN GAMES (noun)
  The noun PYTHIAN GAMES has 1 sense:

1. the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of Apollo

  Familiarity information: PYTHIAN GAMES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYTHIAN GAMES (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)