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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
/ 藢忙谤瑟藞蓲辫蓹伞蓹蝉 /
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
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Areopagus1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Areopagus1
Example Sentences
Aeschylus鈥 鈥淥resteia鈥 concludes with 鈥淓umenides,鈥 depicting the establishment of the Areopagus court to replace cycles of vengeance, thus mythologizing the roots of jury trials.
There already existed a sort of council of elders, called the Areopagus,* which consisted of senior ex-politicians and functioned as an aristocratic court of appeal.
In recognition of his merits, civic rights and the membership of the Areopagus were conferred upon him.
The Areopagus was a Court of Justice, the chief court in Athens; and one of its duties was, to pay particular attention to all matters relating to religion, or the worship of the gods.
He therefore sent her to the Areopagus, that assembly of very wise judges.
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