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  amphictyon

  noun

  a deputy to the council of an amphictyony.
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  Amphictyon

  noun

  a 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

1. a deputy to the council of an amphictyony.

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Amphictyon ² American  

[am-fik-tee-uhn] / æmˈfɪk ti ən /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a 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.

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amphictyon British  

/ æmˈfɪktɪən /

noun

1. a delegate to an amphictyonic council

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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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Amphictyon

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 J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

But I meet with a later Amphictyon who entertained the great Bacchus.

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 Sir Isaac Newton

The hero Amphictyon, whose temple stood at Thermopylæ, passed in mythical genealogy for the brother of Hellen.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by John Rudd

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

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 Sir Isaac Newton