Introducing New Gods: The Politics of Athenian Religion

by Robert Garland

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801474868
• ISBN13: 9780801474866
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher