richer citizens served out of proportion to poorer citizens. This may be due to the heavy investment of time required, time that poorer citizens would not have had to spare. Boulai in other Greek states Kingdom of Macedonia In the Macedonian Kingdom, and later the Macedonian Empire, the body that assisted the king with running the kingdom was called the synedrion, literally translated as "The Congress". This tradition continued to be in use in the years of Alexander the Great and its members were hereditary. Although not democratic, the members of the Synedrion, including the king, were considered equal to one another and had the right of the freedom of speech. Corinth The League of Corinth was a federation of Greek states created by king Philip II of Macedon during the winter of 338/337 BC to facilitate his use of unified Greek military forces in his war against Achaemenid Persia. The league guaranteed, among other things, that member states' constitutions in force at the time of joining were guaranteed and that a Synedrion, or congress of representatives, was to meet at Corinth. Epirus The Epirus, which became a federal republic in 231 BC, was ruled by the "Synedrion", or "The Congress". The Synedrion was dissolved when the Epirote federation fell apart due to internal upheaval during the Third Macedonian War. Modern Greece The name Boule, pronounced as Vouli in Modern Greek, is preserved in the Parliament of modern Greece; either as the name of the lower house of a bicameral parliament in 1844–1864 and 1927–1935, or the name of the unicameral Parliament in 1864–1927, 1935–1941, 1944–1967, and 1974–today. Notes References Aristotle. Constitution of Athens 4.3, 46.1, 62.3 Hignett, Charles. A History of the Athenian Constitution. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1958. Jones, A.H.M. Athenian Democracy. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1957. Rhodes, P.J. The Athenian Boule. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1972. Struble, Robert, Jr. Treatise on Twelve Lights, Chapter Six, "Ancient Greece". Ancient Greek titles Ancient Greek government Athenian democracy