From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan ClassicsInterVarsity Press, 2009 M09 20 "The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact." --C. S. Lewis In From Achilles to Christ, Louis Markos introduces readers to the great narratives of classical mythology from a Christian perspective. From the battles of Achilles and the adventures of Odysseus to the feats of Hercules and the trials of Aeneas, Markos shows how the characters, themes and symbols within these myths both foreshadow and find their fulfillment in the story of Jesus Christ--the "myth made fact." Along the way, he dispels misplaced fears about the dangers of reading classical literature, and offers a Christian approach to the interpretation and appropriation of these great literary works. This engaging and eminently readable book is an excellent resource for Christian students, teachers and readers of classical literature. |
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... Sophocles' Antigone and Electra: Questions of Duty . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 13 Sophocles' Women of Trachis and Philoctetes: The Tragedy of Character . . 157 14 Euripides' Electra and Medea: The Naïve and the Sentimental ...
... Sophocles' Antigone and Electra: Questions of Duty . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 13 Sophocles' Women of Trachis and Philoctetes: The Tragedy of Character . . 157 14 Euripides' Electra and Medea: The Naïve and the Sentimental ...
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... Sophocles and the Oresteia of Aeschylus), to attest to the hidden nature of sin and the need for a scapegoat (the Oedipus of Sophocles), to prepare the heart for the arrival of a God-Man who will suffer (the legends of Heracles and the ...
... Sophocles and the Oresteia of Aeschylus), to attest to the hidden nature of sin and the need for a scapegoat (the Oedipus of Sophocles), to prepare the heart for the arrival of a God-Man who will suffer (the legends of Heracles and the ...
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... Sophocles and Euripides; part three will consider the origin, plan and contents of Virgil's Roman epic, the Aeneid. I will not discuss the works of the supreme proto-Christian Plato, not because he is not vital but because he wrote ...
... Sophocles and Euripides; part three will consider the origin, plan and contents of Virgil's Roman epic, the Aeneid. I will not discuss the works of the supreme proto-Christian Plato, not because he is not vital but because he wrote ...
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Contenido
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A New Ethic | 60 |
From Wrath to Reconciliation | 69 |
Coming of Age | 79 |
The Tragedy of Character | 157 |
The Naïve and the Sentimental | 167 |
Apollonian versus Dionysiac | 179 |
VIRGIL | 191 |
The Sacred History of Rome | 193 |
The Making of a Roman Epic | 202 |
The Fall of Troy | 210 |
Aeneas and Dido | 219 |
Coming Home | 89 |
The Journeys of Odysseus | 100 |
THE GREEK TRAGEDIANS | 113 |
The Birth of Tragedy | 115 |
Pagan Poets and Hebrew Prophets | 124 |
The Human Scapegoat | 135 |
Questions of Duty | 146 |
To Hell and Back | 229 |
Just War? | 237 |
The Myth Made Fact | 247 |
Bibliographical Essay | 251 |
Index | 258 |
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