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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