[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Boule

http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_boule.html

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

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 243, p. 225

IG II², 497. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 264. M.B. Walbank, Hesperia 58, 1989, pp. 93-94, no. 21, with photograph pl. 24. SEG XXXIX, 117. IG II², 691. E.M. 7330 ... Agora 16 225 I 5526 I 4848 ... 8 June 1938 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 264

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[Agora Publication] Hesperia Suppl. 1 (1937): Prytaneis: A Study of the Inscriptions Honoring the Athenian Councillors

Dow, S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Prytaneis were the executive officers in charge of the Athenian council (or boule) after its reorganization by Cleisthenes in the 6th century B.C. This study presents all documents recovered from the Athenian ... 1937 ... Prytaneis were the executive officers in charge of the Athenian council (or boule) after its reorganization by Cleisthenes in the 6th century B.C.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 301, p. 283

M. Crosby, Hesperia 6, 1937, pp. 460-461, no. 8, line 8. PA 12487. PA 31. IG II², 672. M. Crosby, Hesperia 6, 1937, p. 460, with note 1. Henry, Honours, p. 59, note 116. M. Crosby, Hesperia 6, 1937, pp ... Agora 16 283 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, 1972, pp. 31-32, note 6 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, 1972, p. 253 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, 1972, p. 265

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 288, p. 270

W.K. Pritchett, TAPA 85, 1954, pp. 162-164. Pritchett, The Five Attic Tribes after Kleisthenes, 1943, pp. 5 and 7. Pritchett, AJP 61, 1940, pp. 186 and 188. W.B. Dinsmoor, Hesperia 23, 1954, p. 294. IG ... Agora 16 270 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 252 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 43

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 272, p. 254

A.S. Henry, Honours, pp. 65 and 91, note 19. IG II², lines 53-54. IG II², 682, lines 93-96. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 251. Osborne, Naturalization I, p. 16. Osborne, Naturalization XIII, p. 22. C.H ... Agora 16 254 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 251

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 364, p. 346

S.V. Tracy, Hesperia 47, 1978, pp. 255-261, pls. 67 and 68:a. IG II², 913. Tracy, Attic Letter-Cutters, pp. 71-79, fig. 6. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 254. Henry, Honours, p. 42. Osborne, Naturalization ... Agora 16 346 I 1966 ... 7 May 1934 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 254 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 281-283

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 360, p. 342

IG II², line 70. B.D. Meritt, Hesperia 29, 1960, p. 10, no. 12, with photograph pl. 2. SEG XIX, 83. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 246-258. B.D. Meritt, Hesperia 21, 1952, pp. 378-379, no. 36, with photograph ... Agora 16 342 I 4185 I 2446 ... 28 May 1936 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 246-258

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[Agora Object] I 7579: Base or Altar Fragments

Inscribed fragments of round base or altar. Two joining fragments of a round base or altar with at least two columns of inscribed text. All faces but front broken. By Prytaneis of the Boule, name of tribe ... 12 August 1993 ... By Prytaneis of the Boule, name of tribe only partially preserved.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 320, p. 302

Hesperia 50, 1981, p. 95. IG II², 791. B.D. Meritt, Hesperia 11, 1942, pp. 287-292, no. 56. SEG XXXII, 118. SEG XXVI, 94. SEG XXIX, 113. Meritt, Athenian Year, p. 137. W.K. Pritchett and O. Neugebauer, ... Agora 16 302 Ι 4536 ... 2 February 1937 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 98, 231

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 200, p. 182

W.W. Tarn, CAH IV, 1927, pp. 501-502. G. Glotz, R. Cohen, and P. Roussel, Histoire grecque IV, i, 1938, pp. 338-340. C. Mossé, Athens in Decline, 404-86 B.C., 1973, pp. 108-113. Polyainos 4.7.3. H. Schaefer, ... Agora 16 182 I 2636 ... 18 March 1935 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 137 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 136 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 105-108

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 326, p. 308

IG II², 788. Henry, Prescripts, p. 68. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 253. Agora 3, p. 29, no. 40. Henry, Chiron 14, 1984, pp. 78-80. SEG XXXIV, 89. L. Threatte, Grammar, p. 422. Henry, Prescripts, pp ... Agora 16 308 I 7029 O 15:1 ... 12 May 1967 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 253

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 246, p. 228

B.D. Meritt, Hesperia 29, 1960, p. 7, no. 8, with photograph pl. 2. SEG XIX, 70. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 253. IG II², 676, lines 15-20. A.S. Henry, Honours, p. 42. B.D. Meritt, Hesperia 3, 1934, ... Agora 16 228 I 4496 157 P 32271 I 217 ... 9 February 1937 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 253

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 461, p. 443

Agora 15, 246, lines 6-7. IG II², 1039. SEG XXII, 110. SEG XXIX, 124. IG II², 976. SEG XVIII, 28. IG II², 780. SEG XXI, 382. IG II², 949. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 266. S.V. Tracy, Attic Letter-Cutters, ... Agora 16 443 I 750 ... 2 June 1933 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 266

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[Agora Image] 2008.19.0013

Map of demes and tribes. Each color stands for one of the 10 tribes, each mark for an individual deme. The lines link groups of demes that be- long to the same tribe. The number within each mark records ... DA 12266 Horizontal (normal) ... The number within each mark records the number of representatives sent each year to the Council (Boule) from that deme.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 317, p. 299

Agora 15, 78. Agora 15, 77. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 103-104. S.V. Tracy, Hesperia 57, 1988, pp. 316-317, no. 4, with photograph pl. 87. SEG XXXVIII, 92. IG II², 1028, line 94. IG II², 788. B.D ... Agora 16 299 I 3870 I 4526 ... 28 March 1936 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 103-104

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 162, p. 144

IG II², 372. E. Schweigert, Hesperia 8, 1939, pp. 173-175, no. 4, with photograph p. 174, fig. 3. C.J. Schwenk, Athens in the Age of Alexander, pp. 436-440, no. 87. M.B. Walbank, Hesperia 58, 1989, pp ... Agora 16 144 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 72, note 2 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 262 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 269

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 95, p. 77

P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 94 with note 4. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 280. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 248. Schweigert, Hesperia 8, 1939, pp. 10-11. Tod, GHI II. IG I³, 6. SEG XXXI, 2. SEG ... Agora 16 77 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 94 with note 4 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 280 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 248

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Bouleuterion

http://agathe.gr/guide/bouleuterion.html

Bouleuterion Just uphill from the Tholos was the Bouleuterion, meeting place of the boule, or senate. Five hundred Athenian citizens were chosen by lot to serve for a year, and met in this building every ... Bouleuterion Just uphill from the Tholos was the Bouleuterion, meeting place of the boule, or senate. Five hundred Athenian citizens were chosen by lot to serve for a year, and met in this building every day except during festivals to prepare legislation for the meetings of the ekklesia (assembly of all citizens), which met at the Pnyx every ten days.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 217, p. 199

J.D. Mikalson, Sacred and Civil Calendar, p. 141. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 264. PA 15038. IG II², 483. Agora 15, 61. SEG XVIII, 36. IG II², 1554 and 1557/1558. Agora 15, index, p. 465. M.B. Walbank, ... Agora 16 199 I 4960 I 3918 ... June 11 1937 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 264

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 120, p. 102

IG II², 212. IG II², 423. IG II², 434 and 276. B.D. Meritt, Hesperia 30, 1961, pp. 208-210, no. 3, with photograph pl. 35. SEG XXI, 340. Hesperia 51, 1982, pp. 45-46, no. 4. SEG XXXII, 74. IG II², 229 ... Agora 16 102 I 5464 I 7134 ... 23 May 1938 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 65, 250

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 329, p. 311

PA 4728. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 235. C. Habicht, Studien, p. 22. SEG XXI, 392. IG II², 500. Meritt, Χαριστήριον εἰς Ἀναστάσιον Κ. Ὀρλόνδον Ι, 1964, pp. 195-196. W.K. Pritchett and B.D. Meritt, ... Agora 16 311 I 5191 ... 24 January 1938 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 235

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 165, p. 147

B.D. Meritt, Hesperia 30, 1961, pp. 289-292, no. 184, with photograph pl. 59. SEG XXI, 303. S. Dow, HSCP, 1963, pp. 44-45. J. and L. Robert, REG 78, 1965, p. 101, no. 138. SEG XXXIX, 324. S. Dow, HSCP, ... Agora 16 147 ... 5 January 1962 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 140 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 262

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 195, p. 177

B.D. Meritt, Hesperia 32 1963, pp. 3-5, no. 4, with photographs of both fragments pl. 1. SEG XXI, 336. IG II², 336. SEG XXXVI, 153. SEG XXVI, 79. SEG XXV, 72. SEG XXXIV, 71. IG II², 1261, line 13. P.J ... Agora 16 177 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 251

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 254, p. 236

IG II², 557. IG II², 479. SEG XXXIII, 93. IG II², 480. IG II², 505. SEG XIX, 61. SEG XXIV, 113. SEG XXXIII, 97. SEG XXXIV, 259. SEG XXXVII, 87. IG II², 649. SEG XXXIII, 107. SEG XXXV, 85. P.J. Rhodes, ... Agora 16 236 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 264

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 151, p. 133

IG II², 306. A.S. Henry, Chiron 12, 1982, pp. 97-118. E. Schweigert, Hesperia 9, 1940, pp. 334-335, no. 41, with photograph. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 250. A.S. Henry, CQ n.s. 14, 1964, pp. 241-242 ... Agora 16 133 I 4902 I 6434 ... 15 June 1937 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 250

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 356, p. 338

P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 254. A.S. Henry, Honours, pp. 32-33. B.D. Meritt, Hesperia 26, 1957, pp. 58-59, no. 13, with photograph pl. 10. SEG XVI, 73. S.V. Tracy, GRBS 14, 1973, p. 189. A.S. Henry, ... Agora 16 338 I 4260 I 5322 ... 8 June 1936 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 254

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 277, p. 259

J.D. Mikalson, Sacred and Civil Calendar, pp. 100-101. L. Threatte, Grammar, p. 378. A.S. Henry, Prescripts, pp. 64-65 and 68. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 264. PA 180. PA 179. J.K. Davies, Athenian ... Agora 16 259 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 264 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 281-283

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 131, p. 113

U. Kahrstedt, Klio 31, 1938, pp. 1-25 (esp. pp. 1-6). Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 49-52. CQ n.s. 35, 1985, pp. 55-60. Hansen, Classica et Medievalia 32, 1979-1980, pp. 87-104. D.M. McDowell, JHS 95, 1975, ... Agora 16 113 I 4899 ... 19 May 1937 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 49-52 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 276 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 32

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 466, p. 448

A.S. Henry, Prescripts, p. 82. ID 2208. Meritt, Historia 26, 1977, p. 186. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 256. IG II², 976. SEG XVIII, 28. Henry, CQ n.s. 14, 1964, pp. 240-241. IG II², 977. Agora 15, ... Agora 16 448 Ι 4547 I 286 ... 27 February 1937 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 256

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 355, p. 337

IG II², 661. SEG XVI, 67. GRBS 11, 1970 (pp. 328-330), with photographs pls. 25 and 26. Tracy, IGII², 912. Tracy, Attic letter-Cutters, pp. 55-60, fig. 3. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 252. C.G. Higgins ... Agora 16 337 I 5589 ... 17 October 1938 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 252

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 169, p. 151

IG II², 385. A.S. Henry, Prescripts, p. 51. IG II², 402, addenda, p. 660. A.S. Henry, Prescripts, pp. 52 and 54. L. Threatte, Grammar, p. 100. S. Dow, AJP 84, 1963, pp. 166-181. J.S. Traill, Political ... Agora 16 151 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 250 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 270

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 214, p. 196

Plutarch, Demetrios 26. Diodorus Siculus20.110.1. Woodhead, Hesperia 58, 1989, pp. 297-301. Busolt-Swoboda, II, pp. 1126-1127. Demosthenes 4.26. IG II², 500. IG II², 685. SEG III, 116. PA 11117. Agora ... Agora 16 196 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 264

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 106, p. 88

P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 75-77 and 260. Henry, Prescripts, pp. 19-33. IG II², 114. Henry, Prescripts, pp. 25-26. IG II², 218, 224, 348. PA 5264. M.H. Hansen, Athenian Ecclesia II, p. 46. R. Develin, ... Agora 16 88 I 6794 I 5733 I 6974 I 4007 I 6877 I 4739 I 6915 ... 1936 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 75-77 and 260

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 438, p. 420

Agora 15, 170, line 85. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 255. Busolt-Swoboda, II, p. 1123. IG II², 682, lines 22-23. IG II², 839, lines 27-30. IG II², 840. IG II², 841. IG II², 842. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian ... Agora 16 420 ... 11 December 1947 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 255 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, p. 126

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 118, p. 100

IG II², 1699. IG II², 264. IG II², 572. P.J. Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 135-137. IG II², 212. SEG XXVI, 74. SEG XXXII, 75. SEG XXXIV, 66. L.J.D., Richardson, CQ 37, 1943, pp. 55-61. M.H. Jameson, Historia ... Agora 16 100 I 5713 ... 15 March 1939 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 135-137

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 16, s. 64, p. 46

Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 134-136. IG II², 2, 23. SEG XIV, 37. IG II², 23. Meritt, Hesperia 21, 1952, pp. 343-349. IG II², 133. IG II², 95 and 133. Henry, Honours, pp. 12-13, note 2[2]. Henry, Honours, ... Agora 16 46 I 4352 ... 18 December 1936 ... Rhodes, Athenian Boule, pp. 134-136