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10 matches to Isthmian Games
Isthmian Games. 582BC-393 AD. Corinthian athletic, musical competitions. Olympics.
Chess. 7C Indian game evolved from earlier board games with carved pieces. 750 China. 10C Moslems brought to Europe. 1254 banned by Louis IX.
Delphi. 7C BC-363 AD. Oracle of Apollo. Site of Pythian games.
Flood, Great. c3000BC. Destruction of man and world by God. Forty days and night. Noah. Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh. Legendary Babylonian king. Epic 2000BC includes Great Flood.
Illyrian Wars. 229BC~219BC. Romans defeat Illyrian pirates. Greeks recognize Romans as civilized, admit them to games.
Milo. 6C BC. Greek Olympic wrestler. 6 Olympic, 6 Pythian championships.
Neumann, John von. 1903-57. Hungarian/US mathematician. Computer theory; serial process. Assisted H-bomb development. Minimax theorem 1928.Theory of Games 1944.
Olympia. Home of ancient Greek games. 776BC-393 AD.
Pythian Games. -4C. Musical and athletic contests at Delphi.