Introducing New Gods: the Politics of Athenian Religion: The Politics of Athenian Religion (Hardback)
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|Short Description for Introducing New Gods: the Politics of Athenian Religion 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.
Full description- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- Published: 01 May 1992
- Format: Hardback 256 pages
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- Categories: Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Archaeology | Comparative Religion | History Of Religion
- ISBN 13: 9780801427664 ISBN 10: 0801427665
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Full description for Introducing New Gods: the Politics of Athenian Religion
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.
