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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... all those who stood between and kill the son of Atreus, or else to check the spleen within and keep down his anger. Homer's Illiad I 47 Now as he weighed in mind FromAchilles.book Page 46 Friday, June 15, 2007 11:21 AM.
... all those who stood between and kill the son of Atreus, or else to check the spleen within and keep down his anger. Homer's Illiad I 47 Now as he weighed in mind FromAchilles.book Page 46 Friday, June 15, 2007 11:21 AM.
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... Atreus—Agamemnon and Menelaus. To reset the balance, Homer must offer a fuller countervision, and to do this he takes us into the city of Troy to witness one of the most touching and human episodes in all of literature. BALANCE IN A ...
... Atreus—Agamemnon and Menelaus. To reset the balance, Homer must offer a fuller countervision, and to do this he takes us into the city of Troy to witness one of the most touching and human episodes in all of literature. BALANCE IN A ...
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... Atreus” or “Hektor, breaker of horses.” To be known always by a patronymic or an epithet is to take on the burden of both the past and the present. That is to say, warriors and leaders like Hektor and Achilles are expected not only to ...
... Atreus” or “Hektor, breaker of horses.” To be known always by a patronymic or an epithet is to take on the burden of both the past and the present. That is to say, warriors and leaders like Hektor and Achilles are expected not only to ...
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... Atreus at the outset of Book VI. The scene begins with Andromache begging Hektor to stay with her, reminding him that he is everything to her, since her father and brothers have all been killed by Achilles. In response, Hektor the ...
... Atreus at the outset of Book VI. The scene begins with Andromache begging Hektor to stay with her, reminding him that he is everything to her, since her father and brothers have all been killed by Achilles. In response, Hektor the ...
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Contenido
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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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