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amphictyony
[ am-fik-tee-uh-nee ]
noun
- (in ancient Greece) any of the leagues of states, especially the league at Delphi, united for mutual protection and the worship of a common deity.
amphictyony
/ æmˌfɪktɪˈɒnɪk; æmˈfɪktɪənɪ /
noun
- (in ancient Greece) a religious association of states for the maintenance of temples and the cults connected with them
Derived Forms
- amphictyonic, adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of amphictyony1
Example Sentences
After the Persian wars, the predominance of Athens led to the transformation of the Delian amphictyony into the Athenian empire.
The Panionium, the centre of a religious amphictyony, became for the moment the centre of a political league.
The oracle and the Amphictyony of Delphi were more potent than the other oracles and the other amphictyonies; but they never united the Greeks into a single nation.
Religious influences were sometimes strong enough to bring about federations known as amphictyonies, or leagues of neighbors.
Thirty Latin cities had formed among themselves a religious association analogous to the Greek amphictyonies.
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