Areopagus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Ryan Horne
Creators: Ryan Horne
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Feb 22, 2026 11:19 AM
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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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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/969121823
37.9723721051, 23.7233719877
- Representative Locations:
- GeoHack Location of Areopagus (550 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.
- OSM location of Areopagus (550 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ἄρειος Πάγος (Areios Pagos: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Areopagus part of (physical/topographic) Athenae (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Bath at northwest foot of the Areopagus located on Areopagus (330 BC - AD 640)
- Omega House located on Areopagus (AD 300 - AD 599)
- Sanctuary of Amynos and Asklepios located on Areopagus (unspecified date range)
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Ryan Horne, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, 'Areopagus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/969121823> [accessed: 12 April 2026]
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