He was the king of Ephyra, supposedly the original name of Corinth, and he founded the Isthmian Games. He appeared in the epics of Homer as a cunning, trickster-like figure.

Once the games end, it’s probably back to the same nastiness. But we can hope that a tiny shred of that international understanding might linger.

Olympia was the best known ancient sports venue, but the Pythian, Nemean and Isthmian Games were also very popular. The games teach us the value of self-control, discipline, training and adherence ...

The Games feel woven into the fabric of modern history, offering signposts that fix memory in much bigger stories—for example, of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics before World War II, the ...

Isthmian Games: [Location: Isthmus of Corinth] Prize: Pine and then celery leaf crown, palm branch in right hand [Every two years in April/May] ...

The crown of the Isthmian Games was made of pine. In Greek and Roman culture, pine represented eternal life. Still, the crown received by the winning athlete decayed within a few weeks.

Some dream of going to the Olympics. I'd long dreamed of going to Olympia. I wanted to take a solo road trip like no other, searching for the four sites of the ancient Greek athletic games ...

The Isthmian games of Greece were one thing and the Isthmian games of America are another; but the classic rivalries of the Hellenic race perhaps may fill no larger space history than the very ...

There is one unpleasant eature to be noted in regard to the Greek athletic games, which has disappeared from our sports. Several allusions make it plain that the vanquished, even vanquished boys ...