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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. 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.