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Garland, Robert, 1947-

Introducing new gods : the politics of Athenian religion / Robert Garland. - London : Duckworth, 1992. - xv, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-225) and indexes.

Introduction: others and the other -- 1. Ancestral rites -- 2. Pheidippides and the magic mountain -- 3. Themistokles and the cult of the intellect -- 4. Theseus' old bones -- 5. Transfiguration and the maiden -- 6. Askleipios and his sacred snake -- 7. Sokrates and the new Daimonia -- 8. The world of the Athenian Aition.

ISBN: 0715623923

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religion and politics--Greece--Athens

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Athens (Greece)--Religion

Dewey Class. No.: 292.08