ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to provide a comprehensive, full-scale survey of the persistently and recurrently used features of religious discourse in Attic speeches, or those situated in emotionally heightened contexts or other moments in the speech where the narrative and argument have particularly intense significance. These surveys, however condensed they will inevitably be (or look), will enable us to reconstruct a coherent overarching picture of the main topics or approaches that each orator relies on in his speeches, thus making possible a deeper appreciation of the use of religion in the decision-making forums, and facilitating the discussion of its importance in the subsequent chapters of this book.
