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Areopagus

noun

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 highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court).

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... had taken a golden patera from his temple. Sophocles neglected this notice, as an effect of disturbed sleep; but Hercules appeared to him a second time, and repeated to him the same thing, which induced Sophocles to denounce the robber, who was convicted by the Areopagus, and from that time the temple was dedicated ...

— The Phantom World - or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. • Augustin Calmet

Words linked to "Areopagus" : Greek capital, Areopagite, Athinai, Athens, assembly, capital of Greece, hill