Areopagus

[ ar-ee-op-uh-guhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a hill in Athens, Greece, W of the Acropolis.
Greek History. the council that met on this hill, originally having wide public functions but later becoming a purely judicial body.
any high tribunal.

Areopagus

/ ˌærɪˈɒpəɡəs /

1. the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
2. (in ancient Athens) the judicial council whose members (Areopagites) met on this hill
literary.
any high court

< Latin < Greek Áreios págos hill of Ares

via Latin from Greek Areiopagus, contracted from Areios pagos, hill of Ares

It seemed to him particularly derogatory to have to appear before this Areopagus in person.

In Athens on the Areopagus there is to this day a relic of antiquity with a mud roof.

This game became the rage, and Morin dethroned the whole intellectual areopagus at Madame de Mazarin's.

The goddess appears and consents to try the case, the Council of the Areopagus acting as a jury.

This hypothesis alone explains the absence of any account of a third struggle between Cimon and Ephialtes over the Areopagus.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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