Areopagus
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The Areopagus is a rocky hill in Athens, Greece that historically served as a meeting place for an important judicial council. It is most famous today as the location where the Apostle Paul delivered a significant sermon to the Athenian people, as recorded in Christian tradition.
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thumb|The Areopagus as viewed from the Acropolis. thumb|Engraved plaque containing Apostle Paul's [[Areopagus sermon.]]
The Areopagus () was a principal council of ancient Athens, later serving mainly as a judicial body responsible for cases of homicide, wounding, and certain religious offenses. It met on a rocky outcrop called the “Hill of Ares,” northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, from which it took its name. Its English name comes from the Late Latin composite form of the Greek name Areios Pagos, translated "Hill of Ares" (). The war god Ares was supposed to have been tried by the other gods on the Areopagus for the murder of Poseidon's son Halirrhothius, a typical example of an aetiological myth.