Introducing New Gods The Politics Of Athenian Religion [Hardcover]

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 deitiesand Athenian polytheism itselfremained 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 motivespolitical and economic, as well as spiritualthat prompted them to introduce new gods.

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