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Areopagus
[ ar-ee-op-uh-guhs ]
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 /
noun
- the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
- (in ancient Athens) the judicial council whose members (Areopagites) met on this hill
- literary.any high court
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Areopagus1
< Latin < Greek Áreios págos hill of Ares
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Areopagus1
via Latin from Greek Areiopagus, contracted from Areios pagos, hill of Ares
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Example Sentences
It seemed to him particularly derogatory to have to appear before this Areopagus in person.
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In Athens on the Areopagus there is to this day a relic of antiquity with a mud roof.
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This game became the rage, and Morin dethroned the whole intellectual areopagus at Madame de Mazarin's.
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The goddess appears and consents to try the case, the Council of the Areopagus acting as a jury.
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This hypothesis alone explains the absence of any account of a third struggle between Cimon and Ephialtes over the Areopagus.
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