Counsel gave no recommendation iv. Agenda always posted four days before a meeting v. No one who participated in a meeting had to take an oath. Important because jurors did, which meant that their decisions were believed to deserve greater credence.
Sources suggest relatively small number of political leaders in Athens.
People who spoke in assembly were called rhetores. People raised their hands in their seats. The proposer of a decree, the proedroi, and the chairman of the prytanny were subject to litigation on decrees ix. After all votes for items on agenda taken, proedroi declared meeting over. Citizens left Pynx and received their pay.