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Demosthenes (Dem. 23).
Isocrates (Isoc. 7).
Demosthenes (Dem. 25).
The Council of the Areopagus met generally on the Areopagus, the Hill of Ares (Dem. 23.65-66; Isoc. 7.38). Demosthenes mentions the body also meeting in the Stoa Basileus in the Agora, which was roped off for the occasion, so the court would not be disturbed (Dem. 25.23).
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Aristotle (Aristot. Ath. Pol.).
But the Hill of Ares was its proper meeting place, and that location was rich in symbolic importance. A
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