Found 2 items, similar to Isthmian.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: isthmian
isthmian
adj : of or relating to or forming an isthmus
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Isthmian
Isthmian
\Isth"mi*an\, a. [L. Isthmius, Gr. ?. See
Isthmus.]
Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of
Corinth, in Greece.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]