Ares was acquitted, and this event is supposed to have given rise to the name Areopagus ( or Hill of Ares ), which afterward became famous as a court of justice.

When Halirrhotius, son of Poseidon, raped her ( or merely attempted to ), Ares killed him, a crime for which he was tried in a court, the first trial in history, which took place on the hill near the Acropolis of Athens named Areopagus, named, according to this etiological myth, after Ares.

The Areopagus or Areios Pagos () is the " Rock of Ares ", north-west of the Acropolis, which in classical times functioned as the high Court of Appeal for criminal and civil cases in Athens.

From later accounts, it is believed that these kings stood at the head of a land-owning aristocracy known as the Eupatridae ( the ' well-born '), whose instrument of government was a Council which met on the Hill of Ares, called the Areopagus and appointed the chief city officials, the archons and the polemarch ( commander-in-chief ).

*" Rock of Ares ", a rock outcropping site in Greece known as the Areopagus.

The retired archons were becoming members of Areopagus ( Council of the Hill of Ares ), and like Gerousia in Sparta, it was able to check improper actions of the newly powerful Ecclesia.

The Areopagus, as viewed from the Acropolis, is a monolith where Athenian aristocrats decided important matters of state during Solon's time.

He also mentions in another account she was taken by Boreas not along the Ilissos, but from the Areopagus, a rock outcropping near the Acropolis where murderers were tried.

Aratus was also cited by the author of Acts ( believed to be Luke the Evangelist ), in 17. 28, where he relates Saint Paul's address on the Areopagus.

He tells Orestes to go to Athens to the Areopagus, the Athenian court, in order to stand judgment, where he will later be acquitted.

Saint Paul delivering the Areopagus sermon in Athens, by Raphael, 1515

According to the book of Acts, contained in the Christian New Testament, when the Apostle Paul visited Athens, he saw an altar with an inscription dedicated to that god, and, when invited to speak to the Athenian elite at the Areopagus gave the following speech:

The Areopagus, like most city-state institutions, continued to function in Roman times, and it was from this location, drawing from the potential significance of the Athenian altar to the Unknown God, that the Apostle Paul is said to have delivered the famous speech, " Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.

* Acts 17: 16-34 A Biblical account of St. Paul discussing with the Areopagus the nature of the Christian God.

Phryne before the Areopagus, King Candaules and Socrates finding Alcibiades in the House of Aspasia ( 1861 ) gave rise to some scandal by reason of the subjects selected by the painter, and brought down on him the bitter attacks of Paul de Saint-Victor and Maxime Du Camp.

Dionysius the Areopagite ( Greek ) was a judge of the Areopagus who, as related in the Acts of the Apostles, (), was converted to Christianity by the preaching of the Apostle Paul during the Areopagus sermon.

St Paul preaching the Areopagus sermon in Athens, by Raphael, 1515.

The nave windows are also by Brian Thomas, who took as his theme words of St Paul at the Areopagus, Athens: " The Unknown God: Him I now proclaim ".

The capitals between the columns show three Angels appearing to Abraham ; and St. Paul addressing Areopagus of Athens.

A key example is the Apostle Paul's Areopagus sermon that appears in.

This is made clear in Paul's Areopagus discourse.

The Unknown God or Agnostos Theos () is a theory by Eduard Norden first published in 1913 that proposes, based on Paul's Areopagus speech in Acts 17: 23, that in addition to the twelve main gods and the innumerable lesser deities, ancient Greeks worshipped a deity they called " Agnostos Theos ", that is: the " Unknown god ", which Norden called " Un-Greek ".

14 ), captures Salamis from Megarians-later, when member of the Areopagus is appointed to effect social reforms in order to preserve order in Athens, which include the abolishment of the security of debts on the debtor's person ( Aristotle Ath.

He considers the Areopagus to be the centre of conservatism and Ephialtes ' victory is seen as a defeat for the conservatives and the members of the oligarchy.

The trial was held atop the Acropolis of Athens, on what is now known as the Areopagus.

The Secret Areopagus of the Illuminati is a philosophical Governing Body composed of those who have reached the VIII °.

In The Eumenides of Aeschylus ( 458 BC ), the Areopagus is the site of the trial of Orestes for killing his mother ( Clytemnestra ) and her lover ( Aegisthus ).

( The Areopagus is a hill in Athens, the site of real and legendary tribunals, and was the name of a council whose power Isocrates hoped to restore ).

The cartoon image is a parody of: Image: Fryne przed areopagiem. jpg | Phryne before the Areopagus, an 1861 painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme.

The Ancient Agora of Athens ( aka Forum of Athens in older texts ) is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and is bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Colonus Agoraeus.

The cartoon is based on Phryne before the Areopagus, a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme.

* The Areopagus, in classical Athens, is the first Mars Hill

After 457 BC ex-archons were automatically enrolled as life members of the Areopagus, though that assembly was no longer extremely important politically at that time.

It was originally part of the student union at the university, and was separated in 1915 and named " The New Areopagus of Western University ", after the supreme tribunal of Athens.

At its first meeting on February 19, 1819, Bolivar gave his famous Address at Angostura, but not all of the proposals contained in it were accepted ( most notably the suggestions of a powerful, centralized presidency and a hereditary senate, both modeled on the British example, and a " fourth " branch of government, the " moral " one, loosely modeled on the Classical Areopagus ).

Some modern scholars believe these powers were in fact granted some years after Solon had been archon, when he would have been a member of the Areopagus and probably a more respected statesman by his ( aristocratic ) peers.

The Areopagus and the assembly of all citizens met elsewhere in Athens, but some public meetings, such as those to discuss ostracism, were held in the agora.

The neighborhoods of Plaka ( Πλάκα ), Monastiraki ( Μοναστηράκι ), Psiri ( Ψυρρή ) and Kolonaki ( Κολωνάκι ) are all within walking distance, and most of the famous sites of ancient Athens are nearby, including the Acropolis ( Ακρόπολις ), the Theater of Dionysus, the Areopagus, the Ancient Agora of Athens ( Αρχαία Αγορά των Αθηνών ) with Hadrian's Library, the Tower of the Winds in the Roman Agora, the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, the Arch of Hadrian ( Αψίς του Ανδριανού ), the Temple of Olympian Zeus ( Ναός του Ολυμπίου Διός ), the Pnyx ( Πνύκα ), the Philopappos Monument ( Μνημείο του Φιλοπάππου ) on the Hill of the Nymphs, the Kerameikos Cemetery ( Νεκροταφείο Κεραμικού ), the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ( Μνημείο του Αγνώστου Στρατιώτη ) and Lycabettus Hill.

The Areopagus as viewed from the Acropolis.

* The Consulate of East Greece ( Livadeia ) ( from 15 November 1821, under the Areopagus of East Greece ) was headed 1 April 1821 – 15 November 1821 by three Consuls: Lambros Nakos, Ioannis Logothetis & Ioannis Filon

Draco introduced the lot-chosen Council of Four Hundred ( in reality, 401 )— distinct from the Areopagus — which evolved in later constitutions to play a large role in Athenian democracy.

The Areopagus as viewed from the Acropolis.

Phryne, the hetaera from 4th century BC Greece and famed for her beauty, appeared before the Areopagus accused of profaning the Eleusinian mysteries.

Acropolis of Athens view from Areopagus hill.

In 324 the Areopagus, after inquiry, reported that nine men had taken bribes from Harpalus, the fugitive treasurer of Alexander.

[...] according to another version of the story she was taken from Areopagus, and not from this place.

Given the title of the play, and taking a cue from the aetiology for the Athenian Areopagus provided by Aeschylus ' Eumenides, it has been suggested that the drama concludes with Zeus ' foundation of the yearly torch race that took place in Athens to honor Prometheus.

Under the direction of Theodoros Negris, they set down a proto-constitution for the region, the " Legal Order of Eastern Continental Greece " ( Νομική Διάταξις της Ανατολικής Χέρσου Ελλάδος ), and established a governing council, the Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece, composed of 71 notables from Eastern Greece, Thessaly and Macedonia.