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areopagus

/æɹiˈɒpəɡəs/

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What does areopagus mean?

proper noun

  1. The supreme judicial and legislative council of ancient Athens.
  2. A prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

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/æɹiˈɒpəɡəs/

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Demosthenes resisted the inquisition, and proposed a decree to refer the business to the court of Areopagus, and to punish those whom that court should find guilty.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
For on her native hill of Ares here (I knew your far-famed Areopagus) Sits Justice, and permits not vagrant folk To stay within your borders.
SophoclesPlays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; AntigoneTranslated by Francis StorrProject Gutenberg ebook #31