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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... move and have our being, then it must also be true that those timeless works of ancient Greece and Rome that record the musings of humanity's greatest seekers and yearners will contain traces, remnants and intimations of that wisdom ...
... move and have our being, then it must also be true that those timeless works of ancient Greece and Rome that record the musings of humanity's greatest seekers and yearners will contain traces, remnants and intimations of that wisdom ...
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... move smoothly, almost effortlessly, from the ethics and metaphysics of the pagan Aristotle to the spiritual revelations of Christ and the church. For Aquinas, Aristotle was more than just an authority to be acknowledged; he was a source ...
... move smoothly, almost effortlessly, from the ethics and metaphysics of the pagan Aristotle to the spiritual revelations of Christ and the church. For Aquinas, Aristotle was more than just an authority to be acknowledged; he was a source ...
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... move himself and others toward God. In the lovely testimony of Statius, Virgil emerges as almost a Christ figure, one who sacrifices himself for others and devotes his life to uncovering truths that are useless to him but will provide ...
... move himself and others toward God. In the lovely testimony of Statius, Virgil emerges as almost a Christ figure, one who sacrifices himself for others and devotes his life to uncovering truths that are useless to him but will provide ...
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... move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. (Acts 17:26-28) Both the phrases “for we are also his offspring” and “in him we live and move and have our being” are quoted by Paul ...
... move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. (Acts 17:26-28) Both the phrases “for we are also his offspring” and “in him we live and move and have our being” are quoted by Paul ...
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... move beyond a Freudian reading that would interpret the Theogony as a repository of primal urges and repressed sexuality. But if we look to the end and view the cycles of violence and vengeance as culminating in the “civilizing” of Zeus ...
... move beyond a Freudian reading that would interpret the Theogony as a repository of primal urges and repressed sexuality. But if we look to the end and view the cycles of violence and vengeance as culminating in the “civilizing” of Zeus ...
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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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