Dionysus Promenade

...right by the promenade of Dionysus the Areopagite (see Acts 17) (this guy became the first Christian of Athens, converted by Paul). Paul's visit to the historic and adorned city of Athens marks one of the most challenging parts of his career as a missionary and Apostle. He arrived alone, while Silas and Timothy remained in Macedonia. Though modern visitors are impressed with the great buildings of the Acropolis and Olympian Zeus, the agora and the impressive stoas, Paul was stirred by the idolatry of the city. The history of this important center of philosophy and pagan practice extends back millenia. The work of Paul in Athens left its mark with a few converts including Damaris and Dionysus the Areopagite. In the succeeding generations several important Christian thinkers rose from the Athenian Church.