AREOPAGUS
(Greek, “Hill of Ares”). (a) One of the lowest hills in the western part of the Acropolis of Athens, sacred to Ares, the god of war.
(b) The supreme court of Athens that met on the hill called Areopagus to issue its rulings. You can still see, carved into the rock, the seats of the judges and other officials. According to the opinion of some scholars, Paul
defended his cause and that of Christianity before the Areopagus, but it is most likely that he addressed his message to some group of philosophers in the same place where the supreme court handed down its rulings (Acts 17: 16 ss).
One of the members of this assembly, Dionysius, called the Areopagite, was converted as a result of Paul’s preaching, although the others mocked him.