In time, four such festivals ​ — the Olympic and the Nemean, both dedicated to Zeus, and the Pythian and the Isthmian, dedicated to Apollo and Poseidon respectively — ​ grew in importance until they attained the status of Panhellenic festivals.
इन खेलों ने पैनहेलॆनिक यानी सर्व - यूनानी होने का गौरव पाया ।