Introducing New Gods

The Politics of Athenian Religion

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Robert Garland

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The religious imagination of the Greeks, Robert Garland observes, was populated by divine beings whose goodwill could not be counted upon, and worshipers faced a heavy burden of choice among innumerable deities to whom they might offer their devotion. These deities-and Athenian polytheism itself-remained in constant flux as cults successively came into favor and waned. Examining the means through which the Athenians established and marketed cults, this handsomely illustrated book is the first to illuminate the full range of motives-political and economic, as well as spiritual-that prompted them to introduce new gods.

Author Biography:

Robert Garland is Director of the Division of the Humanities and Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics at Colgate University.

Release date Australia

February 5th, 2009

Author

Robert Garland

Pages

256

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

155x235x16

ISBN-13

9780801474866

Product ID

3939960

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