Definition of Isthmean
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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