E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Areop’agus
or Mars’ Hill. The seat of a famous tribunal in Athens; so called because the first cause tried there was that of Mars or Ars, accused by Neptune of the death of his son Halirrhoth’ius.
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“Then Panl stood in the midst of Mars’ Hill.”—Acts xvii. 22.
s, accused by Neptune of the death of his son Halirrhoth’ius.
