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INTRODUCING NEW GODS The Politics of Athenian Religion
by Garland, Robert
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0801427665
- ISBN 13
- 9780801427664
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Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: Cornell University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0801427665 . Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). DJ spine is sunned. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 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. ; 234 pages .
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- Ancient World Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33688
- Title
- INTRODUCING NEW GODS The Politics of Athenian Religion
- Author
- Garland, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0801427665
- ISBN 13
- 9780801427664
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- 0801427665, Paganism, Athens & Athenians, Political Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Paganism; Political Science;
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