Amphictyon
a deputy to the council of an amphictyony.
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.
historical examples
amphictyon, we are told, was the author of that which bore his name.
the federalist papers alexander hamilton, john jay, and james madison
but consider whether this be not a prize proper to the pythian games, as appropriate to amphictyon.
essays and miscellanies plutarch
the chiefs thus gathered together called this -ssembly the am-phic-ty-on´ic council, in honor of amphictyon.
the story of the greeks h. a. guerber
the hero amphictyon, whose temple stood at thermopylæ, p-ssed in mythical genealogy for the brother of h-llen.
the great events by famous historians, vol. 1 various
amphictyon represents the first of these inst-tutions, and aethlius the second.
studies on homer and the homeric age, vol. 1 of 3 w. e. gladstone
noun
a delegate to an amphictyonic council
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