amphictyonic

[ am-fik-tee-on-ik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to an amphictyon or an amphictyony.

Word History and Origins

Origin of amphictyonic¹

From the Greek word amphiktyonikós, dating back to 1745–55. See amphictyon, -ic

Example Sentences

Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body.

From Project Gutenberg

A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council.

From Project Gutenberg

Generally speaking, the confines of Hellas in the age of its greatest distinction were represented by a line drawn from the northern shore of the Ambracian Gulf on the W. to the mouth of the Peneus on the E. Macedonia and Thrace were regarded as outside the pale of Hellenic civilization till 386 B.C., when after his conquest of Thessaly and Phocis, Philip of Macedon obtained a seat in the Amphictyonic Council.

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The Amphictyonic council was charged with the superintendence of the games, which were celebrated at first every ninth, and afterwards every fifth year.

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"Thus, that which was at first a great empire with legislative unity would speedily be transformed into a confederacy of lesser republics, with a general congress or Amphictyonic council, answering the purpose of a point of co-operation upon extraordinary occasions."

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