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Areopagus

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Ryan Horne

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Oct 15, 2018 07:58 PM — History

Named after a mythical trial of the god Ares, the Areopagus is a rocky outcropping in Athens located to the northwest of the acropolis. The hill was used as a meeting place for the Council of the Areopagus which functioned as a council of elders for the city of Athens. The Areopagus is also traditionally identified as the setting for Paul's sermon to Athens.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/969121823

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.9723721051, 23.7233719877

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Areopagus (550 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- GeoHack Location of Areopagus (550 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ἄρειος Πάγος (Areos Pagos: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)

Areopagus makes connections with:

Areopagus part of (physical/topographic) Athenae (550 BC - 330 BC)

Areopagus receives connections from:

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Place type:
hill

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Ryan Horne, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Areopagus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/969121823> [accessed: 06 July 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/969121823 |title=Places: 969121823 (Areopagus) |author=Horne, R. |accessdate=July 6, 2025 6:17 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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