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Areopagus
Areopagus [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. BC 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 BC caused the beginning of the decline of the Areopagus. In 480 BC 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 BC 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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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Areopagus." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Sep. 2010 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "Areopagus." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (September 9, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Areopagus.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "Areopagus." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved September 09, 2010 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Areopagus.html |
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