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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... first-century pagan poet whom he portrays as having con- verted to Christianity late in life. Statius ascribes both his early yearnings for Christ and his final conversion not to the Christian martyrs and theologians, but to Virgil. In ...
... first-century pagan poet whom he portrays as having con- verted to Christianity late in life. Statius ascribes both his early yearnings for Christ and his final conversion not to the Christian martyrs and theologians, but to Virgil. In ...
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... first addressed these words to me: “You rustic shepherds, shame: bellies you are, Not men! We know enough to make up lies Which are convincing, but we also have The skill, when we've a mind, to speak the truth.” So spoke the fresh ...
... first addressed these words to me: “You rustic shepherds, shame: bellies you are, Not men! We know enough to make up lies Which are convincing, but we also have The skill, when we've a mind, to speak the truth.” So spoke the fresh ...
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... first verse, in fact, directly addresses this vital biblical doctrine—which Hebrews 11:3 tells us can only be perceived and understood by faith. After the first verse, the remainder of Genesis 1 is concerned with describing how God ...
... first verse, in fact, directly addresses this vital biblical doctrine—which Hebrews 11:3 tells us can only be perceived and understood by faith. After the first verse, the remainder of Genesis 1 is concerned with describing how God ...
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... first, Zeus, who receives his own prophecy that one of his sons will overthrow him, rules with the same bloodthirstiness and paranoia as his father and grandfather, even showing particular cruelty to one of the Titans, Prometheus, who ...
... first, Zeus, who receives his own prophecy that one of his sons will overthrow him, rules with the same bloodthirstiness and paranoia as his father and grandfather, even showing particular cruelty to one of the Titans, Prometheus, who ...
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... first-time readers of the epic immediately notice, the Iliad re- counts neither the beginning nor the end of the war. The action of the epic limits itself to a roughly two-week period in the final year of a ten-year war. Homer's Illiad ...
... first-time readers of the epic immediately notice, the Iliad re- counts neither the beginning nor the end of the war. The action of the epic limits itself to a roughly two-week period in the final year of a ten-year war. Homer's Illiad ...
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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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