Isthmian Plays

Isthmian plays were celebrated with the isthmus of . They form part of period and the first and the third year of each Olympiad are celebrated, in the honor of .

It was said that they had been founded by Sisyphus in the honor of his/her relative Mélicerte or, according to the tradition , by in remembering its exploits at the time of its voyage of Trezene in Athens, but their historical existence dates from the years .

It is at the time of these plays, in , that Flaminius the independence of the Greeks, released proclaimed from Philippe V of Macedonia.

When the poet wrote its odes for the winners with the Isthmiques plays, in first half of V^E front century. J.- C., the winners were crowned of wild celery, whereas at other times the crowns were made of pine.

See too

• public plays in ancient Greece ;
• Plays panhellenic.

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