AREOPAGUS

ărēŏpˈəgəs [Gr.,=hill of Ares], rocky hill, 370 ft (113 m) high, NW of the Acropolis of Athens, famous as the sacred meeting place of the prime council of Athens. This council, also called the Areopagus, represented the ancient council of elders, which usually combined judicial and legislative functions from the beginning. The Areopagus represented in the 5th and 6th cent. b.c. the stronghold of aristocracy. Jurisdiction in murder cases had probably been given to it by Draco; Solon gave it various censorial powers over the officers of the state. The change in the method of choosing the archons in 487 b.c. caused the beginning of the decline of the Areopagus. In 480 b.c. the Areopagus enabled the manning of the fleet for the battle of Salamis, and it recovered much of its influence in the war years. But c.462 b.c. a series of attacks began and eventually the august council was reduced to the status of a court of homicide only, although it maintained its religious character. Pericles was a leader in this democratizing movement; Aeschylus was an opponent, and he brought his trilogy of dramas to a close (in The Eumenides) with an appeal for the preservation of the ancient traditions of the Areopagus.

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books on: Areopagus  - 1095 results

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Theseus and Athens
Book by Henry J. Walker; Oxford University Press, 1995
Subjects: Athens (Greece)--Civilization, Greek Literature--Greece--Athens--History And Criticism, Heroes In Literature, Kings And Rulers In Literature, Theseus (Greek Mythology) In Literature
Areopagus. Although such scruples may have genuinely...appealing to the political power of the Areopagus as the censor of morals at Athens. By...century this power was long gone. The Areopagus could only exercise it under rare circumstances...
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Rhetoric and the Law of Draco
Book by Edwin Carawan; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Homicide (Greek Law), Trials (Homicide)--Greece--Athens
...century tradition, we must assume that the Areopagus had once held some jurisdiction by which...ancient tradition that Solon founded the Areopagus council is consistent with this conclusion...deliberated on the ancient site of the Areopagus court, since the Aristotelian Constitution...
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Aspects of Greek History, 750-323 BC: A Source-Based Approach
Book by Terry Buckley; Routledge, 1996
...Solon appointed the council of the Areopagus to guard the laws, just as previously...Pol. 8.4 Thus it seems that the Areopagus exercised its political powers in three...the constitution. With regard to the Areopagus guardianship of the laws nomophylakia...
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A Manual of Greek Antiquities
Book by Percy Gardner, Frank Byron Jevons; Charles Scribners Sons, 1895
Subjects: Greece--Antiquities, Greece--Social Life And Customs
...the Roman Senate, the Council of the Areopagus 1 consisted of ex-officials. Consisting...Constitution , in the time before Solon the Areopagus actually appointed the archons and the...with the powers just described, the Areopagus was in a very intelligible sense the...
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Magic and Paganism in Early Christianity: The World of the Acts of the Apostles
Book by Hans-Josef Klauck, Brian Mcneil; Fortress Press, 2003
Subjects: Bible--N.T--Acts--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Christianity And Other Religions--Roman--Biblical Teaching, Church History--Primitive And Early Church, Ca. 30-600, Magic, Ancient--Biblical Teaching, Magic--Religious Aspects--Christianity, Paganism, Rome--Religion
...Intermediary positions may also have existed. d. The Areopagus Paul is now brought to the Areopagus for a further discussion (not a trial...accommodate a larger number of hearers. The Areopagus was how- ever also the name of a committee...
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journal articles on: Areopagus  - 42 results

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The Trial of Theoris of Lemnos: a 4th Century Witch or Folk Healer?
Journal article by Derek Collins; Western Folklore, Vol. 59, 2000
Subjects: Greek civilization, Magic & magicians, Witchcraft
...homicide or injury were tried on the Areopagus, a revered and ancient court that met...seems to be that one was tried before the Areopagus only if accused of having administered...intentional homicide was acquitted by the Areopagus-in other words, found only to have...
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Between Text & Sermon: Acts 17:16-34
Journal article by Robert E. Dunham; Interpretation, Vol. 60, 2006
Subjects: Christianity, Exegesis & hermeneutics, Greek civilization, Missionaries, New Testament, Paul, Saint (5?-67? AD)
...lenses. In the end, Pauls speech at the Areopagus may have been only modestly successful...Still, looking at Pauls address at the Areopagus, one would have to concede that Paul...Pauls initial sermon in Acts 13, the Areopagus speech makes no reference to the history...
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The Acts of the Apostles, Greek Cities, and Hadrian's Panhellenion
Journal article by Laura Nasrallah; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 127, 2008
Subjects: Christianity, Cultural identity, Geography, Political alliances, Religion, Theology
...under Rome, and Pauls speech from the Areopagus takes place not just on a high place...of cultural values. Standing on the Areopagus, the ancient site of the Athenian ekklesia...thought.116 Acts sets this speech on the Areopagus, that ancient site of judgment and community...
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Getting to the Source
Journal article by Karen Offen; Journal of Women's History, Vol. 9, 1997
Subjects: Women--History
...women by Madame de Renneville. "The Areopagus had forbidden women to practice medicine...assisting them. Summoned before the Areopagus, Agnodice answered this calumny by revealing...from others not of their own sex. The Areopagus, defeated by these claims, abrogated...
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Ideology, Rhetoric, and Blood-Ties: From 'The Oresteia' to 'The Godfather.'
Journal article by John Krapp; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 32, 1999
Subjects: Althusser, Louis--Philosophy, Ideology--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Godfather (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Oresteia (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Throughout the trial, which concludes at the Areopagus in Ares, the Furies defend both the...462-461 BCE, to deprive the court of Areopagus in Ares of its legislative and judicial...transformation because no one at the Areopagus doubts the materiality of divinity...
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The Areopagus of Morningside Heights
Magazine article by Nicholas Frankovich; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, April 2009
Subjects: Neuhaus, Richard John, Theologians
The Areopagus of Morningside Heights. by Nicholas...shown preaching to a small crowd on the Areopagus. You know the episode in the Acts of...an unknown god." Neither he on the Areopagus nor Fr. Neuhaus on the Acropolis of...
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St. Paul in the Public Square
Magazine article by Charles J. Chaput; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, June 2009
Subjects: Christian saints--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Christian saints--Records and correspondence, Christian saints--Works, Paul the Apostle, Saint--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Paul the Apostle, Saint--Records and correspondence, Paul the Apostle, Saint--Works
...took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new...philosophers arguing their ideas at the Areopagus, nearly anything was tolerated so long...These were the people Paul met at the Areopagus: the intellectuals, the masters of...
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Catholics, Carey's "means," and Twenty-first-century Mission
Magazine article by William R. Burrows; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 34, July 2010
Subjects: Academic standards, Labor shortages, Leadership, Religious missions, Religious orders, Theology, Women
...means" for evangelization of each new areopagus in the world, a term I borrow from 37...evangelization" and of "many other forms of the Areopagus in the modern world toward which the...Gods work in Jesus of Nazareth in every areopagus triumphed.21 But along with the triumph...
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Murder Most Foul: Robert Garland Asks What Murder Meant to the Apparently Bloodthirsty Greeks and Romans
Magazine article by Robert Garland; History Today, Vol. 54, February 2004
Subjects: Murder--Social aspects
...Athens chief homicide court known as the Areopagus, an aristocratic body which took its...lover, was the first to be heard on the Areopagus. It represents the climax of the Eumenides...credited with stripping the aristocratic Areopagus of many of its powers, was assassinated...
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Culture and the Light of Faith: Robert Louis Wilken Explores How Christianity Embraced and Transformed Classical Culture
Magazine article by Robert Louis Wilken; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, February 2011
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism--Forecasts and trends, Christian art--Forecasts and trends, Civilization, Classical--Religious aspects, Civilization, Greco-Roman--Religious aspects, Classical antiquities--Religious aspects, Classical civilization--Religious aspects
...tandem with its doctrine that the one God is known as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--as St. Paul taught in front of the Areopagus, quoting from a poet of Athens to draw his listeners toward the truths of faith. Athens and Jerusalem belong together...
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Legendary Locations; ANSWERS TO THE CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 8, 2011
...appeal to a jury, taking judgment out of the hands of the nine Archons (the aristocratic ruling council appointed by the Areopagus, all of whose members were former Archons) and putting it in the hands of a more democratic body. Solon divided the population...
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Elgin Group Follows Apostle's Steps in Greece and Turkey
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 29, 2006
...are still intact." In Athens, Greece, the group visited the Acropolis, a major landmark, and then continued on to the Areopagus, or Mars Hill, where it is recorded that Paul preached a sermon identifying the Greeks "unknown God." Again, Donehoo...
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Legendary Locations; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 8, 2011
...appeal to a jury, taking judgment out of the hands of the nine Archons (the aristocratic ruling council appointed by the Areopagus, all of whose members were former Archons) and putting it in the hands of a more democratic body. Solon divided the population...
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Legendary Locations; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 8, 2011
...appeal to a jury, taking judgment out of the hands of the nine Archons (the aristocratic ruling council appointed by the Areopagus, all of whose members were former Archons) and putting it in the hands of a more democratic body. Solon divided the population...


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encyclopedia articles on: Areopagus  - 9 results

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Areopagus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AREOPAGUS areop g s Gr.,=hill of Ares, rocky...Athens. This council, also called the Areopagus, represented the ancient council of...legislative functions from the beginning. The Areopagus represented in the 5th and 6th cent...
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Cephisodotus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...or the brother of Praxiteles, is noted for the statue Irene and Plutus Peace and Wealth. The original was erected on the Areopagus at Athens c.372 b.c. to celebrate the victory of Timotheus over the Spartans. The best copy is in Munich. Cephisodotus...
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Pericles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the Alcmaeonidae family through his mother, a niece of Cleisthenes. He first came to prominence as an opponent of the Areopagus (462) and as one of the prosecutors of Cimon , whom he replaced in influence. From then on he was the popular leader in...
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Orestes , in Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...After this matricide he was haunted by the Furies (Erinyes) until he reached Athens. He was tried and acquitted by the Areopagus, the tribunal of Athenian judges. Not all the Furies, however, accepted the verdict; and, to win full expiation from...
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Solon , Athenian Statesman
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...citizenship to immigrant artisans. Solon also made important constitutional changes. The assembly was opened to all freemen, the Areopagus was continued with new powers, and the Council of Four Hundred was created to represent the propertied classes and to prepare...
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