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Religion in the Ancient Greek City &#160;Louise Bruit Zaidman  (Author), Pauline Schmitt Pantel (Author), Paul Cartledge (Translator), 2000&#160;This book is an English translation of the French work La Religion Grecque. Its purpose is to consider how religious beliefs and cultic rituals were given expression in ancient Greece. The chapters cover first ritual and then myth, rooting the account in the practices of the classical city while also taking seriously the world of the imagination. For this edition the bibliography has been substantially revised to meet the needs of a mainly student, English-speaking readership. The book is enriched throughout by illustrations, and by quotations from original sources.(Text by the authors)&#160;ContentsList of illustrationsAuthor's preface to the English translationTranslator's introductionList of sourcesPART I - Introduction: How should we study Greek civic religion?1 - The necessity of cultural estrangement2 - Some fundamental notions3 - Sources of evidencePART II - Cult-practices4 - Rituals5 - Religious personnel6 - Places of cult7 - Rites of passage8 - Settings of religious life9 - Religion and political life10 - The festival system: the Athenian case11 - The Panhellenic cultsPART III - Systems for representing the divine12 - Myths and mythology13 - A polytheistic religion14 - Forms of imaginative projectionPART IV - Envoi15 - Concluding reflectionsAppendixesI - The classical Greek templeII - The monuments of the Athenian AkropolisBibliographyIndex