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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... virtue was, in its purest form, not antithetical to but prophetic of the biblical Christian virtues of faith, hope and love. As H. Richard Niebuhr has shown in his illuminating study Christ and Culture (1951), the Roman Catholic church ...
... virtue was, in its purest form, not antithetical to but prophetic of the biblical Christian virtues of faith, hope and love. As H. Richard Niebuhr has shown in his illuminating study Christ and Culture (1951), the Roman Catholic church ...
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... virtues that Virgil was considered by many medieval theologians and laymen to be a proto- Christian. Even more, his Fourth Eclogue, with its Isaiah-like celebration of the coming of a divine child who would bring peace and order to the ...
... virtues that Virgil was considered by many medieval theologians and laymen to be a proto- Christian. Even more, his Fourth Eclogue, with its Isaiah-like celebration of the coming of a divine child who would bring peace and order to the ...
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... virtue, ethos or dilemma that finds its full flowering and expression in Christianity), but I will treat each work as a source of inspired wisdom from which Christians can learn and profit as they might from a devotional work like The ...
... virtue, ethos or dilemma that finds its full flowering and expression in Christianity), but I will treat each work as a source of inspired wisdom from which Christians can learn and profit as they might from a devotional work like The ...
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... virtues and vices of Agamemnon and Achilles, and of the other warriors Homer so powerfully brings to life, are not separate things but inextricably linked. As with the great heroes of the Bible, from Abraham to Moses, Samson to David ...
... virtues and vices of Agamemnon and Achilles, and of the other warriors Homer so powerfully brings to life, are not separate things but inextricably linked. As with the great heroes of the Bible, from Abraham to Moses, Samson to David ...
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... virtues and mission. In a way, Achilles is the father of all such tragic heroes, and as such he offers us a glimpse—no more—of Jesus Christ, the God-man who empties himself of his full glory and eventually suffers death (Philippians 2:6 ...
... virtues and mission. In a way, Achilles is the father of all such tragic heroes, and as such he offers us a glimpse—no more—of Jesus Christ, the God-man who empties himself of his full glory and eventually suffers death (Philippians 2:6 ...
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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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