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  amphictyon

  noun

  a deputy to the council of an amphictyony.
• Amphictyon
  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)

Example Sentences

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Amphictyon

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)

But consider whether this be not a prize proper to the Pythian games, as appropriate to Amphictyon.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

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 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