Areopagus

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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Parthenon and Platonic Academy.

The is a former temple on the , Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilization, and democracy.

Archaeological site
Photo: Raphael, Public domain.
The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic period as a skeptical school, until coming to an end after the death of Philo of Larissa in 83 BC.

The or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the , , that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athens and Palaio Faliro.

is the capital city of with a metropolitan population of 3.15 million inhabitants. It was a major cultural, political and religious centre of Classical Greece, a place that deeply influenced the course of Western civilization.

is a municipality in on the Saronic Gulf coast. It is part of the South Suburbs of .

Suburb
is a suburb in and a municipality in south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth largest municipality in Greece, as well as the fourth biggest in the Athens urban area.

Areopagus

Latitude
37.9724° or 37° 58′ 21″ north
Longitude
23.7231° or 23° 43′ 23″ east
Open location code
8G95XPCF+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3242492950
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q202487
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wolof—“Areopagus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Areopagos
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἄρειος πάγος
  • Arabic: أريوباغوس
  • Arabic: اريوباغوس
  • Armenian: Արեոպագոս
  • Azerbaijani: Areopaq
  • Bashkir: Ареопаг
  • Basque: Areopago
  • Basque: Areopagoa
  • Belarusian: Арэапаг
  • Breton: Areopagos
  • Breton: Areospagos
  • Bulgarian: Ареопаг
  • Catalan: Areòpag
  • Cebuano: Areopagus
  • Chinese: 亚略巴古
  • Chinese: 亞略巴古
  • Croatian: Areopag
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  • Dutch: Areopaag
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  • Esperanto: Areopago
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  • French: Aéropage
  • French: Aéropagite
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  • Galician: Areópago
  • Georgian: არეოპაგი
  • German: Areiopag
  • German: Areopag
  • German: Areopagos
  • Greek: Άρειος Πάγος
  • Hebrew: אראוס פאגוס
  • Hebrew: אראופגוס
  • Hebrew: אריוס פגוס
  • Hindi: अरियोपागु
  • Hungarian: Areioszpagosz
  • Ido: Areopago
  • Indonesian: Areopagos
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  • Italian: Areopago
  • Japanese: アレオパゴス会議
  • Japanese: アレオパゴス評議会
  • Kazakh: Ареопаг
  • Kirghiz: Ареопаг
  • Korean: 아레오바고
  • Korean: 아레이오스 파고스
  • Latin: Areopagus
  • Latvian: Areopāgs
  • Lithuanian: Areopagas
  • Mongolian: Ареопаг
  • Mongolian: Ареопагус
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Areios Pagos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Areopagen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Areopagos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Areopagus
  • Norwegian: Areopagos
  • Persian: آرئوپاژ
  • Persian: آریوپاگوس
  • Persian: آریوس باغوس
  • Persian: ارئوپاژ
  • Persian: اریوپاگوس
  • Persian: اریوس باغوس
  • Polish: Areopag
  • Polish: Rada Areopagu
  • Portuguese: Areópago
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  • Romanian: Areopag
  • Russian: ареопаг
  • Russian: Ареопаг
  • Serbian: Areopag
  • Serbian: Ареопаг
  • Serbo-Croatian: Areopag
  • Slovak: Areopág
  • Slovenian: Areopag
  • Spanish: Aeropagita
  • Spanish: Aeropago
  • Spanish: Aerópago
  • Spanish: Areopagita
  • Spanish: Areopago
  • Spanish: Areópago
  • Swahili: Areopago
  • Swedish: Aeropagrådet
  • Swedish: Areopagen
  • Tamil: அரயோப்பாகு மேடை
  • Turkish: Ares Tepesi
  • Ukrainian: Ареопаг
  • Urdu: ایریوپاگوس
  • Uzbek: Areopag
  • Wolof: Areyopas

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