Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Delia

DELIA, a festival of Apollo held in Delos. It included athletic and musical contests, for which the prize was a branch of the sacred palm. This festival was said to have been established by Theseus when returning from. Crete. The Athenians took special interest in maintaining its splendour.

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