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Definition of Amphictyony
1. Noun. An association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center.
Definition of Amphictyony
1. n. A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
Definition of Amphictyony
1. Noun. A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amphictyony
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphictyony
Literary usage of Amphictyony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Taking of by Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Marcus von Niebuhr (1852)
"THE formation of the Delphic amphictyony, is an event of extraordinary importance;
but we have no trace of its origin, and our history does not even ..."
2. Pericles and the Golden Age of Athens by Evelyn Abbott (1892)
"Decadence of Sparta—Invasion of Thessaly—Attempt on the Delphian amphictyony—Troubles
in the Peloponnesus—Earthquake at Sparta and revolt of the ..."
3. The Story of Greece by James Albert Harrison (1892)
"An amphictyony united Argos with Corinth and Sicyon in the common worship of
Apollo as the god of the league. Every year they lavished offerings in the ..."
4. The Story of Greece by James Albert Harrison (1885)
"Like Delphi, it was a religious //o'A/s, or city, the kernel-seed or starting-point
of an amphictyony, and a political centre; but far more than Delphi, ..."
5. A Handbook of Greek Constitutional History by Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge (1896)
"Its religious influence must have paled before that of the amphictyony of Delphi,
which, owing to the repute gained by its oracle, was ever growing into ..."
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