El Areopagus, also known as "The Hill of Ares" It was a very important place for the ancient inhabitants of Athens. It is about an immense mountain located west of the Acropolis of Athens, place where the Council of that time.
Another reason why the place was of great importance today and therefore in the present, was its mythological aspect. It was believed that in that place he had been tried and executed at the god Ares, by the intervention of Halhirothians, son of Poseidon, because it was believed he had raped the daughter of Ares, and that he had been condemned to spend his days on said hill. Also, the legend said that in the place he had been tried Orestes, for the murder of his mother Clytemnestra.
In its origins, the Council of Athens depended exclusively on the king, and consisted solely of the presence of Eipatrids, whose influence on the Council it was increasing as the power of the king was diminishing.
Over time, the Council he bequeathed to rule the city totally. Magistrates who came to this position, were immovable for life. The magistrates, in their great majority, represented the wealthiest and wealthiest sector of the people of Athens. For a long time the Council of Areopagus He was in charge of dictating the laws that governed the city, as well as of judging those who had committed any type of crime that is of great importance.
Finally in 462 BC Efíaltes withdrew much of the power that the Council possessedWhen the constitution was withdrawn from them, however, they retained their function of court to try criminals, although they lost practically all their political importance.
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