# 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.

## Ancient names

- Ἀθῆναι (Athēnai): Greek
- Athenas: Latin
- Athenae: Latin

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579885).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i046518.jpg (George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Acropolis_of_Athens_on_February_5,_2020.jpg).

## Passages

- **Acts 17:15-16** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/15
- **Acts 17:16-34** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/16
- **Acts 17:21-22** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/21
- **Acts 18:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/1
- **1 Thessalonians 3:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-thessalonians/3/1

## Coordinates

37.9719, 23.7267

## Straight-line distances

- **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 the reference maps

- **Paul's journeys**: 2nd journey (Acts 17:15-34). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/viagens-de-paulo

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/athens
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1524
- Geography: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0 (https://www.openbible.info/geo/).
- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).