Amphictyony
[æm'fiktiәni]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center.
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解釋/意思:
(n.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Among the Arab tribes there had long existed a sort of Amphictyony (see chap. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Then came a grave scandal, the breaking of the ancient customary truce of the Arab Amphictyony in the sacred month of Rahab. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He took up the cause of the Delphic amphictyony against those sacrilegious Phocians, and so appeared as the champion of Hellenic religion. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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