of Greek rhetoric. See Carey, “Attic Orators,” 212.
197. Although note Demosthenes, Cor. 213, assembly of Thebans; Aeschines, Tim. 180, assembly of Lacedaemonians.
198. See, for example, Demosthenes, Cor. 143; Demosthenes, Fals leg. 53; Demosthenes, Mid. 13, 197; Demosthenes, Timocr.11; Demosthenes, Exord. 6.1; 14.1; 34.1, 2; 47.3. See also Isocrates, De pace 25, 66, 68; and Isocrates, Big. 7; Andocides, On the Mysteries, 11, 82; Aeschines, Tim. 81, 180; Aeschines, Fals. leg., 82–83, 85; Dinarchus, Demosth. 95.
199. Demosthenes, Timocr. 23; 1 Aristog. 50.4.
200. Demosthenes, Timocr. 97 records the need for tax for the expenses of assembly, of religious services, and of the βουλή.
201. In Demosthenes, Aristocr. 31, the assembly is the place of arrest, whilst in Demosthenes, 3 Philip. 1, the assembly is the place for denouncing wrongs of Philip. See also Demosthenes, Cor. 132; Demosthenes, Mid. 163, 193–94, 197. Finally, see Aeschines, Tim. 60, where deeds are exposed before the whole town in the assembly.
202. Demosthenes, Cor. 37 (see Demosthenes, Demosthenes). Emphasis added. The same distinction can be seen in Demosthenes, Cor. 73, 169 (where the council goes to the council houses, and the assembly to the place of assembly). See also Demosthenes, Timocr. 11; Aeschines, Ctes. 125.
203. Demosthenes, Fals. leg. 154.
204. See for example Demosthenes, Fals. leg. 19, 34–35, 58, 185; Demosthenes, Mid. 8–9; Demosthenes, Cor. 122–23; Demosthenes, Aristocr. 97; Demosthenes, Timocr. 21–22, 25–26, 80; Demosthenes, Chers. 32–34; Demosthenes, 3 Philip. 4, 6; Aeschines, Tim. 22, 26, 33, 35; Aeschines, Fals. leg. 60, 68; Aeschines, Ctes. 149; Dinarchus, Aristog. 16.
205. Aeschines, Ctes. 126.
206. Aeschines, Ctes. 67.
207. Demosthenes, Cor. 7, 29, 55, 73, 75; Demosthenes, Halon. 19; Demosthenes, Mid. 10; Demosthenes, 1 Aristog. 20; Aeschines, Ctes. 24, 27.
208. Aeschines, Ctes. 32, 34–36, 43–44, 47–48, 204.
209. Demosthenes, Mid. 154.
210. Demosthenes, 1 Aristoge. 9.
211. Demosthenes, Mid. 162.5. Lysias, Against Erarosthenes 71, 73, 75, 77; Lysias, Against Agoratus 17; Aeschines, Tim. 86.
212. Isocrates, De pace 52, see also 59. Quoted from Isocrates, Isocrates II, 147.
213. “Political” should not be read as “secular” and therefore taken to exclude religious in the ancient world. See for example Aeschines, Fals. leg. 158, where the assembly needs to be purified; Dinarchus, Demosth. 47, where Demosthenes is cursed at the assembly; Demosthenes, Fals. leg. 70, for an imprecation read at the assembly. See also Schmidt, “ἐκκλησία,” 514n28 for other references.
214. Sometimes this is translated distributively, as in “every assembly,” or with the singular. See Demosthenes, Cor. 191, 207, 234, 273; Demosthenes, Mid. 153; Demosthenes, Lept. 94; Demosthenes, Andr. 68; Demosthenes, 1 Aristog. 13, 41–42, 47, 64; Isocrates, Panath. 13; Aeschines, Tim. 121, 178, 180; Aeschines, Fals. leg. 145; Aeschines, Ctes. 69, 146, 175; Dinarchus, Demosth. 99.
215. Nussbaum, “Aristotle,” 165, dates him to 384–322 BC, with his writing period beginning after 367 BC.
216. Aristotle, Ath. pol. 4.3; 7.3; 41.3 (twice); 42.4; 43.4; 44.4; 62.2.
217. Aristotle, Ath. pol. 15.4; 34.1.
218. Aristotle, Pol. 1266a.
219. Aristotle, Pol. 1275a (twice), 1275b.
220. Aristotle, Pol. 1292b (twice), 1293a, 1294b, 1297a (eight times), 1298b, 1300a, 1318b, 1319a, 1320a.
221. Aristotle, Pol. 1317b (three times).
222. For places, see Aristotle, Pol. 1272a, Crete; 1275b, 1285a, Sparta. For practices see Aristotle, Rhet. 1354b and 1358b for the role of the assembly in judging cases, and 1418b for the Messinian assembly as a place of rhetoric.
223. Aristotle, Pol. 1282a (in Aristotle, Aristotle).
224. Aristotle, Pol. 1282a (in Aristotle, Aristotle).
225. Theophrastus (c. 371–c. 287 BC) is included as a successor of Aristotle. See Sharples, “Theophrastus,” 1504–5.
226. Theophrastus, Char. 4.2; 26.5; 29.4a.
227. Derow, “Polybius,” 1209–11, dates him between c. 200 and c. 118 BC. The move from Theophrastus to Polybius here is significant, representing the move from classical to Hellenistic Literature and the increasing significance of Rome as subject matter for Greek authors. See Dihle, History of Greek Literature, 290–92.
228. Polybius, Histories 1.45.2; 1.69.9; 3.34.9; 3.45.1, 5; 4.72.7; 6.39.2; 11.31.1; 11.32.1. See also 11.27.6 and 11.27.7 for an assembly of mutineers summoned and surrounded.
229. Polybius, Histories 2.4.1, Medionians; 16.31.1, 4, Abydus; 22.5.10; 29.11.2, 4, Rhodes; 5.74.4; 5.75.10; 5.76.3, Selge; 16.26.1, Athens; 27.1.12, Thebes; 28.5.1.2, Arcania.
230. Polybius, Histories 4.15.8; 4.7.2; 5.1.7, 9; 21.3b.2; 22.12.5, 7; 22.10.10, 12; 23.5.17; 28.3.7; 28.4.1, 2; 38.11.7.
