SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Athens

Achaia · today Athens

Where Paul debates at the Areopagus and quotes the Greek poets instead of the Scriptures: the only full sermon in Acts addressed to people who did not know them.

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Ἀθῆναι Athēnai Greek
  • Athenas, Athenae Latin

NAMES: PLEIADES, CC BY 3.0

Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Berea Berea Corinth Corinth Athens Athens +1 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city mountain known location approximate debated 4 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH AREOPAGUS · BEREA · CORINTH, named in the same passages

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Panorama of the acropolis at Athens.

Panorama of the acropolis at Athens.

PHOTO: George E. Koronaios CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Corinth ABOUT 46 MI (75 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 4 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Berea ABOUT 190 MI (310 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 14 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 780 MI (1,300 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

5 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 37.9719, 23.7267

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ON WIKIDATA · Q1524