There were 3 other major games which were held on 2- or 4-year cycles:
the Isthmean Games at Corinth, the Pythian Games at Delphi, and the
Nemean Games at Nemea. Because it started 200 years before the other
competitions, the Olympics remained the most famous athletic contest in
the ancient Greek world.Many athletes competed at several athletic festivals. Inscriptions on
victor's statues at Olympia often describe victories in 2, 3, or even
all 4 major athletic festivals. Pausanias's description of Olympian
architecture includes a list of the more famous victors' statues, and
summaries of their inscriptions such as this one:
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