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of the council, epith. of certain gods as having statues in the Council Chamber ( Ἑστία βουλαία· ἡ ἐν τῇ βουλῇ ἱδρυμένη, Harp.), τὴν Ἑστίαν ἐπώμοσε τὴν β. Aeschin. 2.45; of Zeus and Athena, Antipho 6.45, cf. IG 3.272, SIG 1011.6 ( Chalcedon), Corn. ND 9, Plu. An seni 2.789d; of Artemis, IG 2(2).916, al.; Themis, Plu. Praec. 2.802b; θεοὶ β., name of thirty stars, D.S. 2.30; of a man, θεῶν βουλαῖος ἀνάκτων, = imperatorum divorum consiliarius, IG 4.1475 ( Epidaurus).
councillor, senator, Il. 6.114, Hdt. 9.5, Pl. Ap. 25a, etc.; at Athens, one of the 500, Antipho 6.45, And. 1.43, Ar. Th. 808; at Rome, senator, D.H. 2.12, Plu. Rom. 13, etc.
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sit in council, of the Spartan γέροντες, Hdt. 6.57; to be a member of a βουλή, Arist. Pol. 1282a30; esp. of the Council of 500 at Athens, Antipho 6.45, And. 1.75, X. Mem. 1.1.18, Arist. Ath. 62.3; ἡ βουλὴ ἡ βουλεύουσα Lys. 13.19; βουλὴν β. to be a member of the β., ib. 20; βουλεύειν λαχών Pl. Grg. 473e.
democracy, popular government, Hdt. 6.43, Antipho 6.45, etc.; ἐν δ. D. 18.132; δ. καταλυθείσης And. 1.95, cf. Th. 6.89, Arist. Pol. 1279b18, al.
put to the vote, in Senate or Assembly, ἐ. τὰς γνώμας Antipho 6.45, etc.; ταῦτα D. 22.9 : c. inf., put it to the vote that.., Th. 2.24 ; of the President in the Amphict. Council, ἐ. τὰς γνώμας Aeschin. 3.124.
serve as ἱεροποιός, -ποιῶν καὶ θύων ὑπὲρ τῆς δημοκρατίας Antipho 6.45, cf. Pl. Ly. 207d, IG 11(2).144 A ( Delos, iv B.C.); τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ ib. 2(2).1257 (iv B.C.); τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι SIG 1037.6 ( Milet., iv/iii B.C.), etc.: c. acc., ἱ. εἰσιτητήρια ὑπὲρ τῆς βουλῆς D. 21.114; οἱ τὰ μυστήρια -ποιήσαντες IG 2.872; ἱ. τὰ Ἀπολλώνια BCH 36.413 ( Delos, ii B.C.).
presidency, at Athens the period during which the πρυτάνεις of each φυλή in turn presided in the βουλή and ἐκκλησία, Antipho 6.45, And. 1.73; ἑνδεκάτῃ τῆς πρυτανείας (sc. τῆς Πανδιονίδος) Decr. ap. D. 24.27, cf. Lex ib. 39, IG 1(2).57.53, al., 2(2).212.4, 223 A 4, al.: also κατὰ πρυτανείαν by presidencies, i.e. every 35 or 36 days, Lys. 30.5, D. 59.27; ὁ γραμματεὺς ὁ κατὰ π. IG 2(2).120.16, al.; καθʼ ἑκάστην π. Aeschin. 3.25.
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hold the presidency, prop. of the tribe in order of πρυτανεία in βουλή and ἐκκλησία, ἔτυχεν . . ἡ φυλὴ [Ἀντιοχὶς] πρυτανεύουσα Pl. Ap. 32b, cf. Grg. 473e; Ἀκαμαντὶς ἐπρυτάνευε IG 1(2).16, Th. 4.118, etc.: sts. of an individual member of the πρυτανεία, IG 1(2).39.14, al., Antipho 6.45; οἱ τότε πρυτανεύσαντες And. 1.46.