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10 matches to Pythian Games
Delphi. 7C BC-363 AD. Oracle of Apollo. Site of Pythian games.
Pythian Games. -4C. Musical and athletic contests at Delphi.
Milo. 6C BC. Greek Olympic wrestler. 6 Olympic, 6 Pythian championships.
Chess. 7C Indian game evolved from earlier board games with carved pieces. 750 China. 10C Moslems brought to Europe. 1254 banned by Louis IX.
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.
Isthmian Games. 582BC-393 AD. Corinthian athletic, musical competitions. Olympics.
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.