Ἄρειος πάγος[πᾰ],ὁ,
A. the hill of Ares,at Athens, Ἀρήϊος π.
Hdt. 8.52
, cf. A. Eu. 685 , 690 , etc.; ἡ βουλὴ ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου
IG 1.38a
(prob.), 2.476.59 , al., D. 18.133 , cf. Lys. 26.12 , Arist. Ath. 4.4 ; ἡ ἐν Ἀ. πάγῳ βουλή
D. 20.157
, Aeschin. 1.81 , Arist. Pol. 1273b39 ; βουλή Ἀρεία
IG 3.824
;εἰς τὸν Ἄ. πάγον ἀναβῆναιbecome a member of the court, Isoc. 7.37 , 12.154 ; ἐν Ἀ. πάγῳ δοῦναι δίκην
Arist. Rh. 1398b26
; ψευδομαρτύρια τὰ ἐξ Ἀ. πάγου
Id. Ath. 59.6
.—The compd.Ἀρειόπᾰγοςonly in a late Att. Inscr., IG 3.1005 ; but we find the nounἈρεοπᾰγίτης(Ἀρευ- ib. 2.839.7 ) [ῑ],ου,ὁ, Areopagite,
Aeschin. 1.81 , IG 3.746 , cf. 635 , Arist. Ath. 3.6 , etc.: prov.,Ἀρεοπαγίτου σιωπηλότερος'as silent as the grave', Them. Or. 21.263a ; στεγανώτερος