| And on this account the Scyrians were formerly condemned by the amphictyonic council. |
| Now, let us consider this special significance of the amphictyonic Council. |
| This passage places in an extremely clear light the relative position of the Games and the amphictyonic Assembly. |
| Alexander stopped at Thermopylae, where he was recognized as the leader of the Amphictyonic League before heading south to Corinth. |
| Not only is there the amphictyonic aspect already noted, but there is evidence in Diodorus Siculus, a Greek historian of the 1st century bce, though not in Thucydides, that Boeotia was a target. |
| There was a great Greek council, centuries old, called the amphictyonic. |
