Ancient sites · Plaka

Areopagus

Photo: O.Mustafin · CC0

A bare rock outcrop just below the west entrance of the Acropolis, seat of the ancient council that judged homicide and religious cases. Acts 17 places the Apostle Paul's address to the Athenians here; a bronze plaque with the text is fixed at the foot of the rock.

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