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Pythia

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Pythia: see Pythian games Pythian games , in ancient Greece, games held at Delphi every four years (the third of each Olympiad). They included musical, literary, and athletic contests. The games honored Apollo and took their name from Pythia, the priestess of the oracle at Delphi.
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Pythia 

in ancient Greece, the priestess of the Delphic oracle at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
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We will set down, however, what we have heard to have been said by the Pythia concerning Homer in the time of the most sacred Emperor Hadrian.
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