Question

In athens council of 500 what did councilmen do

Answer 1

The Council of 500 of the full-time government of Athens. It consider of 500 citizens, 50 from each of the ten tribes, who served for one year. The council could issue decrees on its own, regarding certain matters, but its main function was to prepare the agenda for meetings of the Assembly.

Answer 2

The councilors managed the organization of the work of the assembly of the people, the ecclesia.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Council of the Five Hundred was an important legislative body which divided the functions formerly controlled by the Athenian Areopagus controlled by the aristocrats. Ecclesia was a broader institution where citizens could approve or reject laws developed by Ecclesia. Finally the Helieu would be composed of judges in charge of judging the Athenian citizens according to the written laws.