Amphictyons

Nomenclature

Greek Name: ἀμφικτίονες those that live around, neighbours

Latin Name: Amphictyŏnes , um (acc. Gr. -ăs)

Toponyms:

Cultural Notes

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.

Geographical Notes

 

Citations in Herodotos

7.200

Key Passages in English Translation

 

English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. Retreived from <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu>

Key Passages in Greek

 

Other Testimonia

Ἀμφικτυον-ίς , ίδος, ἡ, fem. of foreg.; Ἀ. (sc. πόλις), ἡ,
A. [select] city or state in the Amphictyonic League, Aeschin.2.116.

Other Commentary


Perseus Encyclopedia:

W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotos:

Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
 

Disambiguation

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