Areopagus

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ancient Athenian council court governmental institution

The Areopagus was an influential council and court of ancient Athens, known for overseeing legal and moral matters and advising the city’s government.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Areopagus canonical 13
Areopagus Hill 3
Areopagus court 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Athenian council ⓘ
court ⓘ
governmental institution ⓘ
advised Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia) ⓘ
surface form: Athenian Assembly

Athenian government ⓘ
Athenian magistrates ⓘ
associatedWith Draconian laws ⓘ
Solonian Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Solonian constitution
composedOf former archons of Athens ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
existedDuring Archaic period of Greece ⓘ
Classical period of Greece ⓘ
functionedAs check on popular institutions ⓘ
governanceType oligarchic element in Athenian constitution ⓘ
hadReputationFor conservatism ⓘ
moral rigor ⓘ
hasRole advisory body ⓘ
council of elders ⓘ
court for homicide cases ⓘ
court for religious offenses ⓘ
guardian of laws ⓘ
moral oversight body ⓘ
supreme court in early Athens ⓘ
influencedBy Athenian aristocratic families ⓘ
jurisdiction arson ⓘ
homicide ⓘ
poisoning ⓘ
sacrilege ⓘ
languageOfInstitution Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Athens ⓘ
locatedOn Areopagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Areopagus Hill
memberQualification lifetime membership ⓘ
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
surface form: New Testament Acts 17

works of Aeschylus ⓘ
works of Aristotle ⓘ
metAt open-air court on Areopagus Hill ⓘ
namedAfter Areopagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Areopagus Hill
oversaw guardianship of the constitution ⓘ
legal matters ⓘ
moral conduct ⓘ
religious matters ⓘ
partOf Athenian legal system ⓘ
politicalSystem Athenian aristocracy ⓘ
Athenian democracy ⓘ
powerReducedBy Ephialtes ⓘ
Pericles ⓘ
reformDateApprox 462–461 BCE ⓘ
religiousContext pagan Athens ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Classical Greece → hasNotableInstitution → Areopagus ⓘ
Boule → relatedTo → Areopagus ⓘ
Heliaia → relatedTo → Areopagus ⓘ
Athenian democracy → hasInstitution → Areopagus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areopagus (with limited powers)
Ancient Agora of Athens → nearby → Areopagus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areopagus hill
Erinyes → worshipPlace → Areopagus ⓘ
Ordo Templi Orientis → governingBody → Areopagus ⓘ
Areopagitica → inspiredBy → Areopagus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areopagus of ancient Athens
archon basileus → associatedWith → Areopagus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areopagus council
Athenian court → relatedInstitution → Areopagus ⓘ
Orestes → triedAt → Areopagus ⓘ
Orestes → acquittedBy → Areopagus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areopagus court
Areopagus → locatedOn → Areopagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areopagus Hill
Areopagus → namedAfter → Areopagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areopagus Hill
The Eumenides → featuresInstitution → Areopagus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areopagus court
Ἡλιαία → relatedInstitution → Areopagus ⓘ
polis of Athens → hasPart → Areopagus ⓘ
polis of Athens → hasInstitution → Areopagus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areopagus Council
Athenians → governingBody → Areopagus ⓘ
Areios Pagos of Eastern Continental Greece → namedAfter → Areopagus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areios Pagos (Areopagus)
Museum of the Ancient Agora → hasViewOf → Areopagus ⓘ
Semnai Theai → cultSite → Areopagus ⓘ
Semnai Theai → worshipContext → Areopagus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areopagus court
archaeological landscape of central Athens → hasPart → Areopagus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Areopagus Hill
Areios Pagos → namedAfter → Areopagus ⓘ
Areopagus (modern Greek supreme court) → hasPosition → Areopagus ⓘ
subject surface form: Areopagus
this entity surface form: Judge of the Areopagus
Areopagus (modern Greek supreme court) → hasHistoricalPrecursor → Areopagus ⓘ
subject surface form: Areopagus
this entity surface form: ancient Areopagus council of Athens
Areopagus (modern Greek supreme court) → namedAfter → Areopagus ⓘ
subject surface form: Areopagus
this entity surface form: Areopagus hill in Athens