Council of 500

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Athenian institution council deliberative assembly governmental body organ of state

The Council of 500 was the principal deliberative and administrative body of democratic Athens, responsible for preparing legislation and overseeing the day-to-day governance of the city-state.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Boule (Council of 500)	1
Council of 400	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian institution ⓘ council ⓘ deliberative assembly ⓘ governmental body ⓘ organ of state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Athenian Boule NERFINISHED ⓘ Boule NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Athenian city-state ⓘ
basedOn	ten Cleisthenic tribes ⓘ
composedOf	Athenian male citizens ⓘ
country	Classical Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy	Cleisthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ
dividedInto	ten prytanies ⓘ ten tribal contingents ⓘ
governmentForm	direct democracy ⓘ
governs	Athenian polis ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	implementation of Assembly decrees ⓘ magistrates ⓘ naval and military preparations ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	500 ⓘ
hasPart	Prytaneis NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	late 6th century BCE ⓘ
isNot	judicial court ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Assembly of the Athenians (Ekklesia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainFunction	day-to-day administration of the polis ⓘ foreign policy preparation ⓘ management of state finances ⓘ oversight of public officials ⓘ preparation of legislation ⓘ preparing agenda for the Assembly ⓘ receiving and dispatching embassies ⓘ supervision of public works ⓘ
maximumTermsPerPerson	two non-consecutive terms ⓘ
meetsAt	Bouleuterion on the Athenian Agora NERFINISHED ⓘ
membersPerTribe	50 ⓘ
partOf	Athenian democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ political system of ancient Athens ⓘ
presidingBody	Prytaneis of one tribe ⓘ
relatedTo	Areopagus Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Athenian Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	Council of 400 NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionMethod	lot ⓘ sortition ⓘ
significance	central institution of Athenian democratic governance ⓘ
termLength	one year ⓘ
usedLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Athenian Council of 500 (Boule) → alternateName → Council of 500 ⓘ

subject surface form: Athenian Council of 500

Athenian Council of 500 (Boule) → precededBy → Council of 500 ⓘ

subject surface form: Athenian Council of 500

this entity surface form: Council of 400

Bouleuterion on the Athenian Agora → usedBy → Council of 500 ⓘ

Ἡλιαία → relatedInstitution → Council of 500 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boule (Council of 500)

Assembly of the Demos → worksWith → Council of 500 ⓘ