areopagus
英 [,æri'ɔpəɡəs]
美
- n. 最高法院；阿勒奥珀格斯山（希腊雅典一小丘）
英英释义
- 1. a hill to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court
- 2. the highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court)
英文词源
- Areopagus
- 1640s, Greek, Areios pagos "the hill of Ares," west of the Acropolis in Athens, where the highest judicial court sat; second element from pagos "rocky hill." Sense extended to "any important tribunal."