concept Draco introduced to Athenian government in his constitution. In Aristotle's Constitution of the Athenians, the council was vaguely characterized as a magistracy. The Assembly was another Athenian magistracy which was described in detail by Aristotle.

Council or Assembly members who were absent from a meeting were fined, with the fines proportionate to social class. If the absent member was from the pentacosiomedimnus class, they were fined three drachmas.