In other polities, a council of elders would fill a similar role.

This council of elders did not have a boulai to answer to.

There exists a notion of an informal collective body of jiliris within the hamlet and patriline which can act as a sole council of elders.

In the village assembly, the council of elders would form the executive.

Civil cases were decided by the ephors, and criminal jurisdiction had been passed to the ephors, as well as to a council of elders.