What Does Amphictyonic Mean?

In Archaic Greece, an amphictyony, a "league of neighbors", or amphictyonic league, was an ancient religious association of tribes formed before the rise of the Greek poleis.

What is the meaning of amphictyonic?

: an association of neighboring states in ancient Greece to defend a common religious center broadly : an association of neighboring states for their common interest.

When the Amphictyonic League was established?

It is believed that the Delphic Amphictyony, or the Great Amphictyonic League as it was called, was set up in about 1100 BC and consisted of all the Greek tribes that surrounded the oracle of Delphi, that is the Ionians, the Magnesians, the Pythians, the Boeotians, the Dolopes, the Locrians, the Dorians, the Malians, ...