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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... Once our meditations on pagan history, combined with our reading of the Bible, have helped us sketch out the broad historical picture in which God has worked out his plan, our focus must narrow to the works of those great poets ...
... Once our meditations on pagan history, combined with our reading of the Bible, have helped us sketch out the broad historical picture in which God has worked out his plan, our focus must narrow to the works of those great poets ...
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... once taught Hesiod to sing. 1Hazard Adams, ed., Critical Theory Since Plato, rev. ed. (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992), p. 761. 2My text for Hesiod's Theogony is taken from Hesiod and FromAchilles.book Page 28 Friday, June 15 ...
... once taught Hesiod to sing. 1Hazard Adams, ed., Critical Theory Since Plato, rev. ed. (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992), p. 761. 2My text for Hesiod's Theogony is taken from Hesiod and FromAchilles.book Page 28 Friday, June 15 ...
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Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics Louis Markos. Hesiod's Theogony 29 The Muses once taught Hesiod to sing Sweet songs, while he was shepherding his lambs On holy Helicon; the goddesses Olympian, daughters of Zeus who holds ...
Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics Louis Markos. Hesiod's Theogony 29 The Muses once taught Hesiod to sing Sweet songs, while he was shepherding his lambs On holy Helicon; the goddesses Olympian, daughters of Zeus who holds ...
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... once Zeus believes he has neutralized the threat to his rule, a wonderful change comes over him and he becomes a god of justice, order and civilization. Instead of Thetis, he takes as wives both Metis (wisdom) and Themis (justice) and ...
... once Zeus believes he has neutralized the threat to his rule, a wonderful change comes over him and he becomes a god of justice, order and civilization. Instead of Thetis, he takes as wives both Metis (wisdom) and Themis (justice) and ...
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... once he finishes making his threat, he swiftly and smoothly shifts the topic away from his personal dispute with Achilles and tries to refocus everyone's attention on the less controversial task at hand: preparing the ship that will ...
... once he finishes making his threat, he swiftly and smoothly shifts the topic away from his personal dispute with Achilles and tries to refocus everyone's attention on the less controversial task at hand: preparing the ship that will ...
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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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