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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... things pagan and his desire for a “pure” Christianity purged of classical elements. In many ways, this tradition is best summed up in a late medieval work, the Imitation of Christ (1426), which profoundly influenced Catholics and ...
... things pagan and his desire for a “pure” Christianity purged of classical elements. In many ways, this tradition is best summed up in a late medieval work, the Imitation of Christ (1426), which profoundly influenced Catholics and ...
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... things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else ex ...
... things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else ex ...
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... thing Paul does in his speech before the Areopagus: proclaiming himself as the embodiment of what they have until now worshiped in ignorance. By means of their own rational and emotional yearnings, these Greeks, along with the other ...
... thing Paul does in his speech before the Areopagus: proclaiming himself as the embodiment of what they have until now worshiped in ignorance. By means of their own rational and emotional yearnings, these Greeks, along with the other ...
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... things to come And things which were before. They ordered me To sing the race of blessed ones who live Forever, and to hymn the Muses first And at the end. No more delays; begin.2 Hesiod presents himself here as far more than a ...
... things to come And things which were before. They ordered me To sing the race of blessed ones who live Forever, and to hymn the Muses first And at the end. No more delays; begin.2 Hesiod presents himself here as far more than a ...
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... things”), a literary device that poets since Homer have used both to unify an otherwise loose and episodic tale and to add a sense of tension leading to inevitable conflict to a situation that might otherwise seem static. When Homer ...
... things”), a literary device that poets since Homer have used both to unify an otherwise loose and episodic tale and to add a sense of tension leading to inevitable conflict to a situation that might otherwise seem static. When Homer ...
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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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