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Definition of Amphictyonies
1. amphictyony [n] - See also: amphictyony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphictyonies
Literary usage of Amphictyonies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1892)
"There were amphictyonies at different stages of Greek history which embraced
consecutively larger areas 1 Taylor, Words and Places, 80. » Ibid. ..."
2. Hellenic History by George Willis Botsford (1922)
"t CHAPTER V EVOLUTION OF THE CITY-STATE amphictyonies AND LEAGUES Economic and
political transition from Minoan to Hellenic times. ..."
3. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"... if it was the work of any individual, was probably no better known than those
of the other amphictyonies, which did not happen to become so famous. ..."
4. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"... if it was the work of any individual, was probably no better known than those
of the other amphictyonies, which did not happen to become so famous. ..."
5. A Handbook of Greek Constitutional History by Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge (1896)
"The object of the association was the twofold purpose characteristic of all
amphictyonies, and was clearly expressed in the oath which forbade the members ..."
6. A Companion to School Classics by James Gow (1893)
"amphictyonies.—Memories of prehistoric confederacies survived in the ... But the
greatest and most famous of the amphictyonies was that which met at ..."
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