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Paul is brought to preach in the Areopagus, for centuries the center of civic life in the city.—Jack Butler, National Review, 7 May 2023
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Etymology
Latin, from Greek Areios pagos, from Areios pagos (literally, hill of Ares), a hill in Athens where the tribunal met
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