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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pyth·i·an a.  Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi.
 Pythian games Gr. Antiq., one of the four great national festivals of ancient Greece, celebrated near Delphi, in honor of Apollo, the conqueror of the dragon Python, at first once in eight years, afterward once in four.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Pythian Games
      n : the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every
          four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of
          Apollo