The Delphic Games are named after Delphi in Greece where the Temple of Apollo stands. The Delphic Games are dated back to 6th century B.C and took place in ancient Greece for about thousand years until 394 A.D. While the Olympic Games presented sports contest as a platform for military drills, the Delphic Games dedicated cultural festival to Apollo, the god of the sun, and featured various musical instruments such as lyre, flute, ghitarra and songs, pantomimes and dramas.
The Delphic Movement of the Modern Era was initiated by Mr. J. Christian B. Kirsch (Germany). He promoted the importance of global cultural understanding, the strengthening of identity and proposed artistic competition as an education element to serve international understanding. Thanks to his initiative, representatives of 18 nations founded the International Delphic Council (IDC) in Berlin, Germany in 1994.
With the creation of the International Delphic Council, the ancient Delphic Games have made a historic revival in 1,600 years after the end of the ancient Delphic Games and 100 years after the beginning of the Olympic Games of the Modern Era, body and mind are complimenting each other once again for the benefit of future generations.