Amphictўŏnes
Meaning
- the political and religious assembly of the confederated Greek States at Thermopylœ
Amphictўŏnes, um (acc. Gr. -ăs;
I. v. infra), m., = Ἀμφικτύονες, the political and religious assembly of the confederated Greek States at Thermopylœ, later at Delphi, the Amphictyons (cf. Tittm. Amphyct. Bund, Heeren Ideen, 3, 196):
Thebani accusantur apud Amphictyonas, Cic. Inv. 2, 23; Quint. 5, 10, 111: decreto Amphictyonum, Tac. A. 4, 14.In English words that came into English from Amphictўŏnes
- amphictyonAmphictyones