Amphip'olis (' A//0t7ro\<c, city on both sides), a city of Macedonia, through which Saul and Silas passed on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica (Acts xvii, 1 ; see Conybeare and Howson, Life of Paid, i, 318 sq.). It was distant 33 Eoman miles from Philippi (/tin. Anton, p. 320). It was situated along the Eg- natian Way, on the left bank of the river Strymon (by which it was nearly surrounded [hence its name]), just below its egress from the lake Kerkine (now Takino), and about three miles above its influx into the sea (Leake, Northern Greece, iii, 181 sq. ; Cousinery, I 'oyage dans le Macedoine, i, 128). This situation upon the banks of a navigable river, a short distance from the sea, with the vicinity of the woods of Eerkine and the gold-mines of Mount Pangams, rendered Amphip- olis a place of much importance (see Kutzen, De Am- pkipoli, Lips. 1836), and an object of contest between the Thracians, Athenians, Lacedaemonians, and Mace- donians, to whom it successivelv belonged (Thucyd. i, 100; iv, 102 sq. ; Herod, vii, 117; Diod. Sic. xvi, 8; Appian- iv, 104 Bq. ; l'lin. iv, 17; Liv. xlv, 29; Cel- lar, N'otit. i, lof,:; sq.). It was a colony of the Athe- nians, and was memorable in the Peloponnesian war for the battle fought under its walls, in which both Brasidas and Cleon were killed (Thuc. v, 6-11). It has long been in ruins ; and a village of about one hundred houses, called Neokhorio (" New Town," in Turkish Jem-kern), now occupies part of its site (Tafel. Thessalonica, p. 498 sq.). There is a miserable place near it called Emboli by the Turks, a corruption of the ancient name. It was called Popolid in the time of
the Byzantine empire. (See Anthon's Class. Diet. s. v. ; Penny Cyclopaedia, s. v. ; Smith's Diet, of Class- Geogr. s. v.)
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Amphora, a general term among the Greeks and Eomans, as often in the Vulgate, for a pitcher (q. v.) or vessel to hold wine or water. Thus the passage in Luke xxii, 10, is rendered, "There shall a man meet you bearing ajntcher of water" — (wpa'/uoi') amphoram aqua; portans. At other times it is taken for a certain measure. The Eoman amphora contained forty-eight sextaries, equal to about seven gallons one pint Eng- lish wine measure ; and the Grecian or Attic amphora contained one third more. Amphora was also a dry measure used by the Eomans, and contained about three bushels (Smith's Diet, of Class. Ant. s. v.).
Amphora; were generally tall and narrow, with a small neck, and a handle on each side (whence the name, from afUpi, on both sides, and (pipi)j, to carry), and terminating at the bottom in a point, which was let into a stand or stuck in the ground. They were com- monly made of earthenware. Homer men- tions amphorae of gold and stone, and the Egyptians had them of brass ; glass vessels Amphora, of this form have been found at Pompeii.
Am'plias ('A/MrXi'ae), a Christian at Borne, men- tioned by Paul as one whom he particularly loved (Bom. xvi, 8), A.D. 55. It is not known with cer- tainty who Amplias was ; but the Greeks say that he was ordained bishop of Odypopolis, in Moesia, by the Apostle Andrew, and was an apostolical person, at least one of the seventy-two disciples, and a martyr. His festival, in the Greek calendar, is observed Oct. 31.
Ampulla, (1.) the name, among Eoman ecclesias- tical writers, of one of the vessels used at the altar to hold the wine. (2.) The vessel for holding the oil in chrismation, consecration, coronation, etc., which fre- quently appears in the inventory of church furniture, was also called ampulla. The ampulla is used in the coronation of the sovereigns of England.
A'mram (Heb. Amrani, ^"ZV, kindred of the High, i. e. friend of Jehovah} Sept. in Exod. vi, 20, 'Afxfipa.fi ; in 1 Chron. i, 41, 'E/iepwv v. r. 'ApaSd, [where the text has "p *2ft, Chamran , marg. Hamran] ; elsewhere 'Afipa.fi), the name of two or three men.
1. The son of Eohath, the son of Levi ; he married Jochebed, "his father's sister," by whom he had
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Aaron, Miriam, and Moses (Exod. vi, 18 ; Num. iii, 19). He died in Egypt, aged 137 years (Exod. vi, 20), B.C. ante 1658. Before the giving of the law, it was permitted to marry a father's sister, but this was afterward forbidden (Levit. xviii, 12). His de- scendants were sometimes called Amramites (Num. iii, 27 ; 1 Chron. xxvi, 23).
2. One of the " sons" of Bani, who, after the return from Babylon, separated from his Gentile wife (Ezra x, 34), B.C. 459.
3. A descendant of Esau (1 Chron. i, 41). In Gen. xxxvi, 26, he is called more correctly Hemdan (q. v.).
Am'ramite (Heb., always with the art., ha-Am- rami' , "i£Htl3>tt ; Sept. 6 'Afipufi tig and 'Afipafii), a title of the descendants of the Levite Amraji (Num. iii, 27 ; 1 Chron. xxvi, 23).
Am'raphel (Heb. AmrapheV, ^S"n"SX, apparently the Sanscrit amarapala, " keeper of the gods;" Sept. 'ApapQak, Josephus 'A/upa0/;\oc, Ant. i, 9, 1), a king (perhaps Hamite, comp. Rawlinson's Herodotus, i, 446) of Shinar (i. e. Babylonia), confederated with Chedorlaomer (q. v.), king of Elam, and two other kings, to make war against the kings of Pentapolis, viz., Sodom, Gomorrah, and the three neighboring cities, which they plundered ; among the captives whom they carried off was Lot, Abraham's nephew ; but Abraham (q. v.) pursued them, retook Lot, and recovered the spoil (Gen. xiv, 1, 4), B.C. cir. 2080.