Note (18) — Chapter I
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Iliad, xx. 4.
Ζεὺς δὲ Θέμιστα κέλευσε θεοὺς ἀγορήνδε καλέσσαι Κρατὸς ἄπ' Οὐλύμπω πολυπτύχου· ἡ δ’ ἄρα πάντη Φοιτήσασα κέλευσε Διὸς πρὸς δῶμα νέεσθαι. Οὔτε τις οὖν Ποταμῶν ἀπέην, νόσφ' Ὠκεανοῖο, Οὔτ' ἄρα Νυμφάων ταί τ' ἄλσεα καλὰ νέμονται, Καὶ πηγὰς ποταμῶν, καὶ πίσεα ποιήεντα.
Besides the presence of the Nymphs in the divine Mycel Gemót, something might also be said about the important position of Hêrê, Athênê, and other female members of the inner council.
We find the mortal Assembly described at length in the second book of the Iliad, and indeed by implication at the very beginning of the first book.