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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... offer us a far messier and bloodier drama. The divine and perfect 32 FROM ACHILLES TO CHRIST justice that existed in the. 3Ibid., p. 762. 1All passages from the Iliad are taken from The Iliad FromAchilles.book Page 31 Friday, June 15 ...
... offer us a far messier and bloodier drama. The divine and perfect 32 FROM ACHILLES TO CHRIST justice that existed in the. 3Ibid., p. 762. 1All passages from the Iliad are taken from The Iliad FromAchilles.book Page 31 Friday, June 15 ...
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... offers scanty details, it is clear that before the creation of our world a war in heaven resulted in the Hesiod's Theogony 35 expulsion of Satan and his fallen angels. FromAchilles.book Page 34 Friday, June 15, 2007 11:21 AM.
... offers scanty details, it is clear that before the creation of our world a war in heaven resulted in the Hesiod's Theogony 35 expulsion of Satan and his fallen angels. FromAchilles.book Page 34 Friday, June 15, 2007 11:21 AM.
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... offer him a bribe. Paris, being young (and foolish?), rejected Hera's offer to make him a great ruler and Athena's to make him a mighty warrior, and he chose instead the gift of Aphrodite: the love of the most beautiful girl in the ...
... offer him a bribe. Paris, being young (and foolish?), rejected Hera's offer to make him a great ruler and Athena's to make him a mighty warrior, and he chose instead the gift of Aphrodite: the love of the most beautiful girl in the ...
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... offers experience- based counsel to Agamemnon and lengthy stories and proverbial maxims to his fellow soldiers. Given the vast number of ships and men the Greeks send against Troy (Homer catalogues them for us in Book II), it might seem ...
... offers experience- based counsel to Agamemnon and lengthy stories and proverbial maxims to his fellow soldiers. Given the vast number of ships and men the Greeks send against Troy (Homer catalogues them for us in Book II), it might seem ...
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... offers great ransom for the return of his only child, Agamemnon rudely and inhospitably refuses his request. In retaliation, the grieved father begs Apollo to avenge him. Apollo, who favors the Trojans, answers Chryses's prayer by ...
... offers great ransom for the return of his only child, Agamemnon rudely and inhospitably refuses his request. In retaliation, the grieved father begs Apollo to avenge him. Apollo, who favors the Trojans, answers Chryses's prayer by ...
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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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