amphictyon
/am-fik-tee-uhn/US // æmˈfɪk ti ən //UK // (æmˈfɪktɪən) //
两栖动物,两性平等,两栖动物协会,两性健康
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a deputy to the council of an amphictyony.
Examples
The chiefs thus gathered together called this assembly the Am-phic-ty-on´ic Council, in honor of Amphictyon.
The hero Amphictyon, whose temple stood at Thermopylæ, passed in mythical genealogy for the brother of Hellen.
Genealogy attributes its origin to a son of Deucalion, called Amphictyon.
But consider whether this be not a prize proper to the Pythian games, as appropriate to Amphictyon.
Amphictyon represents the first of these institutions, and Aethlius the second.
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