Bouleuterion
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The Bouleuterion was the council house in ancient Athens where the city’s governing council convened to deliberate and make political decisions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bouleuterion canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek public building
ⓘ
council house ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Metroon of Athens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tholos of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Classical Greek architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athenian democracy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Athenian political institutions ⓘ |
| capacity | approximately 500 councilors ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Greek political institutions
ⓘ
Buildings and structures in ancient Athens ⓘ |
| cityState | polis of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| dedicatedTo | civic governance ⓘ |
| era | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Greek "boule" meaning council ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | American School of Classical Studies at Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
administrative decision-making
ⓘ
meeting place for the city council ⓘ political deliberation ⓘ |
| governanceRole |
central institution of Athenian democracy
ⓘ
management of state finances ⓘ oversight of magistrates ⓘ supervision of public works ⓘ |
| governingBody | Boule of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GreekName | βουλευτήριον NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
altar or sacred area
ⓘ
council chamber ⓘ seating for councilors ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | archaeological site ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Agora of Athens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Athens ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| near | Panathenaic Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Classical period of Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentCondition | ruins ⓘ |
| replacedBy | New Bouleuterion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeInUse | Classical to Hellenistic periods ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Boule
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Council of 500 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hearing officials’ reports
ⓘ
preparing agenda for the Ekklesia ⓘ recording decrees and decisions ⓘ supervising public administration ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Athenian Council of 500