League of Corinth and the Amphictyonic League
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 3:21 am
The Amphictyonic League met at Thermopylae and Delphi on the spring and autumnal equinoxes respectively. Philip had received two votes of the Amphictyonic League in 346. Yet he instituted a separate Hellenic League (now called the "League of Corinth") in September 338.
Demosthenes had been agitating against Macedon and encouraging many members of the League of Corinth to ally themselves against Macedon prior to Philip's death in August 336. Diodorus, History, 17.3.2 & Plutarch, Demosthenes, 23.
Alexander called a meeting of ambassadors in Corinth in winter 336 AFTER he had met in Thermopylae about September 336 to be approved as head of Amphictyonic council. Diodorus, 17.4.9 & Justin 11.2.
Did the "League of Corinth" replace or supplement the Amphictyonic League?
Demosthenes had been agitating against Macedon and encouraging many members of the League of Corinth to ally themselves against Macedon prior to Philip's death in August 336. Diodorus, History, 17.3.2 & Plutarch, Demosthenes, 23.
Alexander called a meeting of ambassadors in Corinth in winter 336 AFTER he had met in Thermopylae about September 336 to be approved as head of Amphictyonic council. Diodorus, 17.4.9 & Justin 11.2.
Did the "League of Corinth" replace or supplement the Amphictyonic League?