a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court
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areopagus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Areopagus conducted an inquiry and its findings charged Demosthenes with mishandling 20 talents.
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Some likewise make him the founder of the areopagus.
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- A hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court
- The Areopagus (/u02CCu00E6riu02C8u0252pu0259u0261u0259s/) is a prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Its English name is the composite form of the Greek name Areios Pagos, translated "Ares Rock" (Ancientu00A0Greek: u1F0Cu03C1u03B5u03B9u03BFu03C2 u03A0u03ACu03B3u03BFu03C2). In classical times, it functioned as the court for trying deliberate homicide...
- The Areopagus is a speculated or hinted poetry movement centered around Edmund Spenser and Gabriel Harvey. The label is used as a critical shorthand for a group of poets that included Spenser, Harvey, Edward Dyer and Sir Philip Sidney. ...
- The Latin form of the Greek word rendered "Mars' hill." But it denotes also the council or court of justice which met in the open air on the hill. ...
- "The hill of Ares" the greek god of war, a small hill NW of Acropolis, also called Mars hill.
- He boule he tou areiou pagou, "The Council of the Hill of Ares," AKA the Areopagus Council, originally functioned as the aristocratic "upper house" of the Athenian state in the early archaic period. ...
- N. - highest legal tribunal in ancient Athens; any important tribunal. Areopagite, n. member of such a tribunal.
