Pythian Games

ancient Panhellenic athletic festival held at Delphi in honor of Apollo
Event religious_holiday Q649128
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Pythian Games

Summary

Pythian Games is a religious holiday[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Pythian Games is in the country of Greece[3].
  • Pythian Games's instance of is recorded as religious holiday[4].
  • Pythian Games's instance of is recorded as recurring sporting event[5].
  • The location of Pythian Games was Delphi[6].
  • The location of Pythian Games was Krissean plain[7].
  • Pythian Games is a type of penteteric competition[8].
  • Pythian Games is a type of stephanitic games[9].
  • Pythian Games is a type of panegyris[10].
  • Pythian Games's Commons category is recorded as Pythian Games[11].
  • Pythian Games began on 590 BC[12].
  • Pythian Games ended on 400[13].
  • Pythian Games's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.482667, 'lon': 22.498047}[14].
  • Pythian Games's dedicated to is recorded as Apollo[15].
  • Pythian Games's dedicated to is recorded as Pythios[16].
  • Pythian Games's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pythian Games[17].
  • Pythian Games's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Pythian Games's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19].
  • Pythian Games's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • Pythian Games's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[21].
  • Pythian Games's event interval is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4'}[22].

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When and Where

Pythian Games began on 590 BC[12]. It ended on 400[13]. Recorded location include Delphi[6] and Krissean plain[7]. It is in the country of Greece[3].

Context

Recorded instance of include religious holiday[4] and recurring sporting event[5].

Why It Matters

Pythian Games has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 5463, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287516|Pythian Games (#107287516)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dict"
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