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	Amphictyonic League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Amphictyonic League (Amphictyony) was a form of Greek Hellenic religious organization that was formed to support specific temple or sacred place.
		The Great Amphictyonic League was founded circa 1100 BC for the protection and administration of the temple of Apollo in Delphi and temple of Demeter in Anthela, near Thermopylae.
		Contemporary legends claimed that it was founded by Amphictyon, brother of Hellen, the common ancestor of all Hellenes.
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	Amphictyonic League -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Amphictyonic League (Amphictyony) was a form of (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek (The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages) Hellenic religious organization that was formed to support specific (Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity) temple or sacred place.
		League council had religious authority and power to declare punishment against offenders.
		After a ten-year war Phocians were expelled from the League in 346 BC and their two votes were given to (The ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria) Macedonians who had helped to defeat them.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/am/amphictyonic_league.htm (423 words)

	Amphictyon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amphictyon, in Greek mythology, was the second son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, although there was also a tradition that he was autochthonous (born from the earth).
		Amphictyon was king of Thermopylae and married a daughter of Cranaus of Athens.
		Amphictyon was deposed by Erichthonius, another autochthonous king of Athens.
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		Amphictyonic League The Amphictyonic League (Amphictyony) was a form of Greek Hellenic religious organization that was formed to support specific temple or sacred place.
		The most famous and extensiveunion of the kind was that called, par excellence, the Amphictyonic League, whose common sanctuaries were the temple of Pythian Apollo at Delphi, and the temple of Demeter...
		Amphictyonic League is? It was a form of Greek Hellenic religious organization that was formed to support specific temple or sacred place.
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		league of ancient Greek tribes, which was formed to protect the temple of Demeter at Anthela (now Anthíli), near Thermopylae.
		Originally a religious organization, the league eventually became the political instrument of its strongest members.
		The league fought three sacred wars; the first (595–585 bc) was fought against the Phocian city of Crisa (near modern Khrisón).
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		One of the earliest formal attempts to limit the scope of war was organized by the Amphictyonic League, a quasi-religious alliance of most of the Greek tribes, formed before the 7th century bc.
		League members were pledged to restrain their actions in war against other members.
		The league was empowered to impose sanctions on violating members, including fines and punitive expeditions, and could require its members to provide troops and funds for this purpose.
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	Amphictyonic League Description. CLST 1003. Fall 2004. Daniel B. Levine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The most famous and extensive union of the kind was that called, par excellence, the Amphictyonic League, whose common sanctuaries were the temple of Pythian Apollo at Delphi, and the temple of Demeter at Anthela, near Pylae or Thermopylae.
		The league was supposed to be very ancient, as old even as the name of Hellenes; for its founder was said to be Amphictyon, the son of Deucalion and brother of Hellen, the common ancestor of all Hellenes.
		Besides protecting and preserving those two sanctuaries, and celebrating from the year B.C. 586 on wards the Pythian Games, the league was bound to maintain certain principles of international right, which forbade them, for instance, ever to destroy utterly any city of the league, or to cut off its water, even in time of war.
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	AllRefer.com - amphictyony (Ancient History, Greece) - Encyclopedia
		There were a number of these, but by far the most important was the Great, or Delphic, Amphictyony (or simply the Amphictyonic League), a league originally of 12 tribes.
		It had meetings in the spring at the temple of Demeter at Anthela near Thermopylae and in the autumn at Delphi.
		The Amphictyonic Council passed legislation regarding religious matters and had power to declare a sacred war against an offender.
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	Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, page 27 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The most famous and extensive union of the kind was that called par excellence the Amphictyonic League, whose common sanctuaries were the temple of Pythian Apollo at Delphi, and the temple of Demeter (Ceres) at Anthela, near Pylse or ThermS-pylse.
		onwards, the Pythian Games, the league was bound to maintain certain principles of international right, which forbade them, for instance, ever to destroy utterly any city of the -league, or to cut off its water, even in time of war.
		He was a seer, and according to some took part in the war of the Epigoni and the murder of his mother.
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	DEMETER - LoveToKnow Article on DEMETER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Demeter also appears as a goddess of health, of birth and of marriage; and a certain number of political and ethnic titles is assigned to her.
		Hctvaxaia at Aegium in Achaea, pointing to some connection with the Achaean league; Ayaia,i the Achaean goddess, un.less it refers to the sorrow of the goddess for the loss of her daughter (cf.
		A~~a in Boeotia); and, most important of all, Au~LKTV0VLc, at Anthela near Thermopylae, as patron-goddess of the Amphictyonic league, subsequently so well known in connection with the temple at Delphi.
	9.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DE/DEMETER.htm (3597 words)

	Table of Contents and Excerpt, Carey, Aeschines
		After a vigorous debate in which more severe punishments were canvassed, the Amphictyons decided for the destruction of the Phocian cities and the resettlement of the population in villages, together with the imposition of a schedule for repayment of the funds stolen from the Delphic temple.
		The Athenian delegation to the Amphictyonic Council meeting was privately informed of an attempt by Amphissa to accuse Athens of sacrilege at Delphi, thereby raising the prospect of a new sacred war, this time against Athens.
		A league of Greek states was created, with its council meeting in Corinth; only Sparta remained aloof.
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	Encyclopedia entry on Amphictyonic Council. Harper's Dictionary 1989 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The most famous and extensiveunion of the kind was that called, par excellence, the Amphictyonic League, whose common sanctuaries were the temple of Pythian Apollo at Delphi, and the temple of Demeter at Anthela, near Pylae or Thermopylae.
		Though in later times their extent and power were very unequal, yet in point of law they all had equal rights.
		Under the Roman rule the league continued to exist, but its action was now limited to the care of the Delphian temple.
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		Later Phocis joined the Amphictyonic League, which was formed to protect the temple to Apollo.
		In the third Sacred War (346 BC), the Phocians were defeated by King Philip II of Macedonia.
		By the end of the century, the Aetolian League controlled Delphi.
	www.nafsikadelphi.gr /delphi/location.htm (350 words)

	Delphi, Greece - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Phocis later joined the Amphictyonic League, which was formed to protect the temple to Apollo and which sponsored the Pythian Games near Delphi.
		When Phocis levied tribute on pilgrims to the oracle, the league destroyed Crisa in the first of the Sacred Wars (about 595-586 BC).
		In 480 BC a Persian raid on Delphi failed because of an earthquake, attributed to Apollo.
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		In ancient times, Larissa is where young men would cut laurel from the Laurel plant, as transformed by by the daughter of Pinios, to clense themselves before continuing on to the Olympics.
		The Thessalians became powerful in the 6th century BC through their control of the "Amphictyonic League", which was in charge of maintaining Greek temples and shines, most importantly Delphi, with the power to pass legislation on religious matters and even declare religious war and thus gained political power.
		Thessaly avoided involvment in the many Greek wars between Sparta, Athens and Thebes in the 5th and 4th century BC, but could not avoid being taken over by Phillip II of Macedonia who wanted to be head of the "Amphictyonic League".
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		Helot - Serfs to the Spartan citizens who were a constant threat to them because of fears of revolts.
		Independent Member - Members of the Delian League who did not pay tribute but instead provided their own ships for the navy.
		Piraeus - Athenian port that was close to the city because it was the harbour for Athenian navy and a dock for the grain route.
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	Very Short History of Peace Movements
		This organization, called the Amphictyonic League, prohibited any member from destroying another or cutting off another's water supply.
		Disputes between nations would be settled by the League Council or by arbitration, a decision by a third party.
		The League of Nations was dissolved in 1946.
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		Achaean League, Aetolian League, Amphictyonic League, Boeotian League, Delian League
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		Amphictyonic League, league of ancient Greek peoples, which was formed to protect the temple of Demeter at Anthela (now Anthili, Greece), near...
		Phocis later joined the Amphictyonic League, which had as one of its aims...
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	Delphi - Pathways to Ancient Myth
		After the Dorian invasion (1100 BC), the Amphictyonic League was formed, consisting of twelve city states each represented equally in the League, regardless of their actual power.
		When the Kriseans began to extort visiting pilgrims (who usually left from the ports of Krisa), the inhabitants of Delphi complained to the League, who declared war on the Kriseans in what would later be called, the First Sacred War (595-586 BC).
		After the First Sacred War, Delphi became autonomous and the Kriseaen plain was dedicated to Apollo and made holy.
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	amphictyony -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Originally composed of 12 tribes dwelling around Thermopylae, the league was centred first on the shrine of Demeter and later became associated with the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
		Characteristically, Philip declined the trial of strength, prepared to wait for six years until he could gain Thermopylae by negotiation and without striking a blow.
		Meanwhile his Thessalian victory earned him election as president (archo) of the Thessalian League (probably 352), a position unique for a foreigner in a Greek confederation and one that was to bind Thessaly...
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	11) GREEK CLAIM: "Macedonia was a member of the Delphic Amfictiony, an institution which was open only to Greeks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		It’s true that the Amphictyonyc League was only open to Greeks, but the membership to this league was also open to other foreigners as well (next to the Macedonian kings) - Persian envoys and /or commanders!
		Therefore, the fact that some Macedonians participated in the Greek Amphictyonic League, does not prove that they were Greeks, since foreigners like certain Persians could participate as well, next to the Greeks.
		When we add to that the fact that Macedonia did not belong to the Greek Hellenic League as well (in which every Greek city-state participated), the conclusion is complete – Macedonia was not part of the ancient Greece, but it’s northern neighbor.
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	7) GREEK CLAIM: PAUSANIAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Phocians were deprived of their share in the Delphic sanctuary and in the Hellenic assembly, and their votes were given by the Amphictyons to the Macedonians.
		Phillip's interests were multi-layered and deeper than he usual squabbles between two neighboring city-states; he prayed upon anti-Spartan feelings in the Peloponnesus, upon the tangle of Amphictyonic politics in central Greece, and upon disorder in the Thessalian federation.
		It is indeed difficult to digest the fact that Philip had no interest in Greece at all and that this Barbarian from Pella had no desire to conquer the Hellenes.
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