Plural of amphictyon; members of an ancient Greek religious and political association.
From Greek 'amphiktyon' + English plural '-s.' These were the representatives and member states of amphictyonic associations.
Amphictyons were diplomats before diplomacy existed—they represented their cities at sacred councils where breaking an oath meant not just political consequences but religious ones, which ancient people took even more seriously.
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