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The Pythian Games

Panhellenic games held every four years at Delphi in honor of Apollo, distinguished by musical and poetic contests alongside the athletic events.

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  1. Hellenica
    Athens · -354
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  2. Geography
    Amaseia · 24
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  3. Quaestiones Convivales
    Chaeronea · 120
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  4. Description of Greece
    · 180
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Description of Greece · Pausanias

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