Definitionn. an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece
Last update: August 1, 2015
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In the later 4th century the name survives only (a) as a geographical expression for part of the coast of Asia Minor, (b) in European Greece as the name of that section of the Northern Amphictyony in which Athens and its colonies were reckoned. [Please select]
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Pre-eminent among all such unions was that known as the Delphic Amphictyony, or simply The Amphictyony. [Please select]
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Among the Arab tribes there had long existed a sort of Amphictyony (see chap.) [Please select]
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The Delphic amphictyony was the most noteworthy of these local unions. [Please select]
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Explain the following terms: oracle; amphictyony; helot; Hellas; Olympiad; and ephors. [Please select]
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The place that the Phocians had held in the Delphian Amphictyony was given to Philip, upon whom was also bestowed the privilege of presiding at the Pythian games. [Please select]
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He took up the cause of the Delphic amphictyony against those sacrilegious Phocians, and so appeared as the champion of Hellenic religion. [Please select]
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