amphictyon
noun
a deputy to the council of an amphictyony.
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Amphictyonnouna son of Deucalion and Pyrrha who seized the throne of Attica and who, in devising a plan for avoiding disputes at his council meetings, became the first man to mix water with wine.
amphictyon
1 American
[am-fik-tee-uhn]
/ æmˈfɪk ti ən /
noun
Amphictyon
2
American
[am-fik-tee-uhn]
/ æmˈfɪk ti ən /
noun
Classical Mythology.
amphictyon
British
/ æmˈfɪktɪən /
noun
Etymology
Origin of amphictyon
1580–90; back formation from amphictyons < Greek amphiktýones, originally amphiktíones neighbors, equivalent to amphi- amphi- + -kti- inhabit + -ones noun suffix (plural)
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The chiefs thus gathered together called this assembly the Am-phic-ty-on´ic Council, in honor of Amphictyon.
From The Story of the Greeks by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
Philochorus reports that Amphictyon, king of Athens, learned to mix wine and water from Bacchus himself, on which account he dedicated an altar to the god.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Amphictyon brings the twelve Gods of Egypt into Greece, and these are the Dii magni majorum gentium, to whom the Earth and Planets and Elements are dedicated.
From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Newton, Isaac, Sir
You will not think I have the remotest Reference in what I now say, jealous as I allow my self to be, to the Amphictyon of the United States of America.
From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo
Athena herself then undertook the care of Erichthonius, who, when he grew up, drove out Amphictyon and took possession of the kingdom of Athens.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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