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The '''Isthmian Games''' were one of the [[Panhellenic Games]] of [[Ancient Greece]], and were held at [[Corinth]] every two years.

With the [[Nemean Games]], the Isthmian Games were held both the year before and the year after the [[Olympic Games]], while the [[Pythian Games]] were held in the third year of the Olympiad cycle. The Isthmian Games were held in honour of [[Poseidon]], and were said to have originated around [[580 BC]] to celebrate the death of the tyrant [[Kypselos]]. Another story states that the Games were founded by [[Theseus]].

The Games of [[196 BC]] were used by Titus Quinctius Flamininus to proclaim the freedom of the southern Greek states from [[Macedon]]ian rule. Administration of these Games was undertaken by the city of [[Sicyon]] following the Roman destruction of Corinth in [[146 BC]], until Corinth recovered ownership of these Games at some point between [[7 BC]] and [[3|AD 3]]. The Isthmian Games thereafter flourished until [[Theodosius I]] suppressed them as a pagan ritual.

The winners of the Isthmian Games received a wreath of pine.

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Irlandos at 14:34, February 12, 2006