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Definition of Amphictyonic

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.

Meaning of Amphictyonic from wikipedia

- Greece, an amphictyony (Gr****: ἀμφικτυονία, a "league of neighbors"), or amphictyonic league, was an ancient religious ****ociation of tribes formed before...
- Gr**** Αἰνιᾶνες) were members of the Delphian Amphictyonic League, and shared two votes on the Amphictyonic council with the Oetaeans. The Achelous River...
- Sacred War (356–346 BC) was fought between the forces of the Delphic Amphictyonic League, prin****lly represented by Thebes, and latterly by Philip II...
- War (597–585 BC). The conflict resulted in the consolidation of the Amphictyonic League, which had both a military and a religious function revolving...
- Philip marched on Amphissa (ostensibly acting on the request of the Amphictyonic League), capturing the mercenaries sent there by Demosthenes and accepting...
- in 356 BC between the Phocians and the other members of the Delphic Amphictyonic League. Much of Philip's expansion during this period was at the nominal...
- the Third Sacred War, fought mainly between the forces of the Delphic Amphictyonic League, prin****lly represented by Thebes, and latterly by Philip II...
- over the issue of access to Delphi. Control of it was ****umed by the Amphictyonic League, an organization of states with an interest in Delphi, in the...
- of the Amphictyonic Council, Philip accuses the citizens of the town of Amfissa, in Locris, of intruding on consecrated ground. The Amphictyonic Congress...
- Doric order with a six-by-fifteen column peristyle on the exterior. The Amphictyonic league council, the religious and later political order that controlled...