amphictyon

¹

[ am-fik-tee-uhn ]

noun

1. a deputy to the council of an amphictyony.

Amphictyon

²

[ am-fik-tee-uhn ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Deucalion and Pyrrha who seized the throne of Attica and who, in devising a plan for avoiding disputes at his council meetings, became the first man to mix water with wine.

amphictyon

/ æmˈfɪktɪən /

noun

1. a delegate to an amphictyonic council

Word History and Origins

Origin of amphictyon¹

1580–90; back formation from amphictyons < Greek amphiktýones, originally amphiktíones neighbors, equivalent to amphi- amphi- + -kti- inhabit + -ones noun suffix (plural)

Word History and Origins

Origin of amphictyon¹

C16: back formation from amphictyons, from Greek amphiktiones neighbours, from amphi- + ktizein to found

Example Sentences

Philochorus reports that Amphictyon, king of Athens, learned to mix wine and water from Bacchus himself, on which account he dedicated an altar to the god.

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He says too that the Athenians were taught the proper proportions in which wine should be mixed by Amphictyon when he was king; and that on this account he erected a temple to the Upright Bacchus.

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Athena herself then undertook the care of Erichthonius, who, when he grew up, drove out Amphictyon and took possession of the kingdom of Athens.

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Deucalion and Pyrrha had two sons, Hellen and Amphictyon.

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The physical development of the country is expressed in the genealogy of a royal race, beginning with Cecrops and his wife Agraulia, continued in Cranaus and Amphictyon, and finally passing into Erichthonius, the son of Atthis, and foster son of Pandrosos.

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