{"product_id":"introducing-new-gods-robert-garland-9780801474866","title":"Introducing New Gods: The Politics of Athenian Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Garland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801474868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801474866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Robert Garland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059732082943,"sku":"9780801474866","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c735004e-0244-43d8-b0cf-1744a5bb487a.jpg?v=1685059999","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/introducing-new-gods-robert-garland-9780801474866","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}