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Amphictyonic
Amphictyonic Am*phic`ty*on"ic, a. [Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. --W. Smith.
Amphictyonies
Amphictyony Am*phic"ty*o*ny, n.; pl. Amphictyonies. [Gr. ?.] (Grecian Hist.) 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.
Amphictyons
Amphictyons Am*phic"ty*ons, n. pl. [L. Amphictyones, Gr. ?. Prob. the word was orig. ? dwellers around, neighbors.] (Grecian Hist.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
Amphictyony
Amphictyony Am*phic"ty*o*ny, n.; pl. Amphictyonies. [Gr. ?.] (Grecian Hist.) 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.

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- Amphictyon or Amphiktyon (/æmˈfɪkti.ɒn/; Ancient Gr****: Ἀμφικτύων), in Gr**** mythology, was a king of Thermopylae and later Athens. In one account, he...
- had at least two children, ****en and Protogenea, and possibly a third, Amphictyon (who is autochthonous in other traditions). Their children as apparently...
- decade lasting from January 1, 1489 BC to December 31, 1480 BC. 1487 BC—Amphictyon, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign...
- to their deaths off a cliff. When he grew up, Erichthonius drove out Amphictyon, who had usurped the throne from Cranaus twelve years earlier, and became...
- it had been founded in the most distant past by an eponymous founder Amphictyon, brother of ****en, the common ancestor of all ****enes. Representatives...
- and Pandora and wife of Deucalion of whom she had three sons, ****en, Amphictyon, Orestheus; and three daughters Protogeneia, Pandora II and Thyia. According...
- King of Athens, is deposed after a reign of 10 years by his son-in-law Amphictyon of Thessaly, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha. 1493 BC—Thutmose I (Eighteenth...
- with his sons ****en and Amphictyon. Deucalion died shortly thereafter and was said to have been buried near Athens. Amphictyon is said to have married...
- of 10 years by his son-in-law Amphictyon of Thessaly, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha.[citation needed] 1487 BC: Amphictyon, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha and...
- throne 1506–1497 BC Cranaus Earth-born, deposed by Amphictyon son of Deucalion 1497–1487 BC Amphictyon Either son of Deucalion or Earth-born, he deposed...