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PYTHIAN GAMES IN MODERN TIMES
Attempts to resurrect the Olympic Games were made much earlier as well, until they were successfully revived in 1894 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who also tried his hardest to incorporate the Pythian Games into Olympic activities.
The events of arts and culture (conceived from the Pythian games) were included for the first time and were held in conjunction with the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games in a music festival where many artists competed and earned medals in the competitions of music, literature, architecture, and painting, although the art competitions were abandoned in 1948 and the International Olympic Committee finally dropped them in 1954.
The modern Pythian Games and Olympics are both derived from Greek history and took place at the same time. The ancient Olympics date back to 776 B.C., while the Pythian Games date back to 582 B.C., until all Panhellenic games were discontinued in 394 A.D.
Mr. Bijender Goel, the founder of Modern Pythian Games, was inspired by ancient Pythian Games and resurrected these games as “Modern Pythian Games” when representatives from 92 countries joined hands all together after 1631 years of the discontinuation of ancient Pythian games.