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 1     II, VI  |     monarchy, and the council of elders the oligarchy while the
 2     II, VIII|          this court he formed of elders chosen for the purpose.
 3     II, IX  |    represented in the council of elders (for the office of elder
 4     II, IX  | pleasures.~Again, the council of elders is not free from defects.
 5     II, IX  |          It may be said that the elders are good men and well trained
 6     II, IX  |         real danger. Many of the elders are well known to have taken
 7     II, IX  |         the Spartans elect their elders is childish; and it is improper
 8     II, IX  |   quality in the election of the elders; for no one would ask to
 9     II, X   |     Cosmi are ten in number. The elders, too, answer to the elders
10     II, X   |       elders, too, answer to the elders in Crete, who are termed
11     II, X   |        ratify the decrees of the elders and the Cosmi.~The common
12     II, X   |        the whole people, and the elders out of those who have been
13     II, X   |          about the Lacedaemonian elders. Their irresponsibility
14     II, XI  |     their gerusia, or council of elders, who correspond to the kings
15     II, XI  |      correspond to the kings and elders of Sparta. Their kings,
16     II, XI  |         oligarchy. The kings and elders, if unanimous, may determine
17     II, XI  |       And whatever the kings and elders bring before the people
18    III, I   |      among themselves, while the elders are judges of homicide,
19      V, VI  |     similar to the Lacedaemonian elders. Oligarchy is liable to