[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Boule

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The Boule (The Senate) The Athenian legislature also included a deliberative body known as the Boule. It was made up of 500 members -- 50 from each of the 10 tribes -- who were chosen by lot and served ... The Boule (The Senate) The Athenian legislature also included a deliberative body known as the Boule. ... The deities of the Boule were Zeus Boulaios, Athena Boulaia, and Hestia (goddess of the hearth) Boulaia. ... Elections and much of the financial administration were also under the control of the Boule. Reconstruction drawing of a meeting -in the Bouleuterion.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 244, p. 226

E. Schweigert, Hesperia, 8, 1939, pp. 42-44, no. 11, with photograph. IG II², 691. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 251 and 272. IG II², 330, lines 29-65. PA 2003. A.S. Henry, Honours, p. 43. Rhodes, Athenian ... Agora 16 226 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 251 and 272 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 65

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 100, p. 82

IG II², 145. A.S. Henry, Honours, p. 194. Andokides, 1.112. R. Develin, Athenian Officials, p. 262. PA 5732 and 14562. Agora 15, pp. 14-15. J.S. Traill, Hesperia 47, 1978, p. 281. M. Piérart, BCH 100, ... Agora 16 82 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 84-85 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 259

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[Agora Notebook Page] ΟΕ-3-86 (pp. 551-552)

Foot Fragment. Anta Base Fragment. Supplementary Note on the Old and New Bouleuteria. Peter John Rhodes, The Athenian Boule, Oxford, 1972, pp. 30-48. Georges Roux, BCH 100, 1976, 475-483 ... ΟΕ-3 551, 552 S 2763 A 4566 S 2763 A 4566 ... 12 August 1977 ... Peter John Rhodes, The Athenian Boule, Oxford, 1972, pp. 30-48