Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: ( The Areopagus is a hill in Athens , the site of real and legendary tribunals , and was the name of a council whose power Isocrates hoped to restore . )
Simplified: The Areopagus is a hill in Athens , where many councils and tribunals were held . Isocrates wanted to restore one of these tribunals when he wrote the speech .