[Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: The Council and Magistrates

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

The Council and the Magistrates Like selection for military service, allotment to the Council was organized according to the division by tribes; 50 members from each tribe acted as a unit in the Council ... The Council and the Magistrates Like selection for military service, allotment to the Council was organized according to the division by tribes; 50 members from each tribe acted as a unit in the Council and held the presidency (prytany) of the Council for one of its 10 prytanies, with a third of their number constantly on duty and in residence in the Tholos, the round building next to the Council House (Bouleuterion) (14, 15). 14. ... Tholos (blue), Council House (green), Metroon (orange), Temple of Apollo (yellow), and the Stoa of Zeus (red). ... The primary function of the Council was the drafting of bills to be passed as decrees by the Assembly.

[Publication] Geagan (1973): A Decree of the Council of the Areopagus

Geagan, D. J ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 42.3 3 352-357 10.2307_147524 ... 1973 ... A Decree of the Council of the Areopagus

[Publication] Meritt (1974): The Hadrianic Year of the Council at Athens

Meritt, Benjamin D ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 43.4 4 460-466 10.2307_147492 ... 1974 ... The Hadrianic Year of the Council at Athens

[Publication] Hesperia Suppl. 14 (1975): The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council

Traill, J. H ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Using inscriptions recording council membership recovered by excavations in the Athenian Agora, the author presents a detailed reconstruction of the political geography of Attica. The reforms of the 6th-century ... 1975 ... Using inscriptions recording council membership recovered by excavations in the Athenian Agora, the author presents a detailed reconstruction of the political geography of Attica.