Amphictyonic League

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ancient Greek political association ancient Greek religious association interstate league

The Amphictyonic League was an ancient Greek religious and political association of tribes centered around major sanctuaries, most notably Delphi, which coordinated shared worship and mediated disputes among its member states.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Delphic Amphictyony 7
Amphictyonic Council 1
Amphictyonic League (at times contested) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek political association ⓘ
ancient Greek religious association ⓘ
interstate league ⓘ
associatedDeity Apollo ⓘ
associatedSite Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Delphic Oracle
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
dissolution Hellenistic period (approximate) ⓘ
governingBody Amphictyonic League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Amphictyonic Council
hasMember Greeks ⓘ
surface form: Achaeans

Aenianes ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Boeotians ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ
Dolopes ⓘ
Dorians ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
surface form: Ionians

Locrians ⓘ
Macedon ⓘ
Magnetes ⓘ
Malians ⓘ
Perrhaebians ⓘ
Phocis ⓘ
surface form: Phocians

Sparta ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
Thessaly ⓘ
surface form: Thessalians
hasPart Council of delegates from member tribes ⓘ
historicalPeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
influenced development of panhellenic institutions ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
legalBasis oath of member tribes to protect common sanctuaries ⓘ
mainSanctuary Delphi ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ
surface form: Thermopylae
namedAfter Amphictyon ⓘ
notableEvent First Sacred War ⓘ
Fourth Sacred War ⓘ
Second Sacred War ⓘ
Third Sacred War ⓘ
politicalRole forum for interstate diplomacy in central Greece ⓘ
power declare sacred wars ⓘ
impose fines on member states ⓘ
purpose coordinate shared worship at major sanctuaries ⓘ
mediate disputes among member states ⓘ
protect the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
territorialFocus central Greece ⓘ
typeOfSanction religious sanctions against violators of sacred law ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cleisthenes of Sicyon → alliedWith → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
Second Sacred War → associatedInstitution → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic Amphictyonic League
Amphictyon → associatedWith → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
First Sacred War → associatedWith → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic Amphictyony
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi → associatedWith → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
Pythia → associatedWith → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic Amphictyony
Temple of Apollo → associatedWith → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Apollo at Delphi
First Sacred War → belligerent → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
Fourth Sacred War → belligerent → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
city of Amphissa → conflictWith → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
subject surface form: Amphissa
Delphi → controlledBy → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
Oracle of Apollo → controlledBy → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
subject surface form: Oracle of Apollo at Delphi
Amphictyon → eponym → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
Amphictyonic League → governingBody → Amphictyonic League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amphictyonic Council
Pythian Games → governingBody → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
Third Sacred War → hasParticipant → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amphictyonic League at Delphi
Magnetes → memberOf → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
Phocian League → memberOf → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amphictyonic League (at times contested)
Phocis → partOf → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic Amphictyony
Aenianes → participatedIn → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
Locrians → participatedIn → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic Amphictyony
Magnetes → participatedIn → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic Amphictyony
Temple of Apollo → patronOfReconstruction → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Apollo at Delphi
Battle of Neon → relatedTo → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic Amphictyony
Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE) → relatedTo → Amphictyonic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic Amphictyony