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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... Menelaus, at their palace. Though Menelaus showers Paris with hospitality, the Trojan shepherd repays his kindness by seducing his wife and taking her back with him to Troy. This creates something of a problem, for Paris is not in fact ...
... Menelaus, at their palace. Though Menelaus showers Paris with hospitality, the Trojan shepherd repays his kindness by seducing his wife and taking her back with him to Troy. This creates something of a problem, for Paris is not in fact ...
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... Menelaus for possession of Helen. Either way the duel goes, it should bring a cessation of the war. But the gods meddle in the combat, with Aphrodite spiriting away the almost defeated Paris to the bed of Helen and Athena persuading one ...
... Menelaus for possession of Helen. Either way the duel goes, it should bring a cessation of the war. But the gods meddle in the combat, with Aphrodite spiriting away the almost defeated Paris to the bed of Helen and Athena persuading one ...
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... Menelaus pins down a Trojan and is about to kill him. In desperation, the Trojan grabs Mene- laus's knees and supplicates him to ransom rather than kill him. Though Menelaus has reason to hate all Trojans, his strong, internalized sense ...
... Menelaus pins down a Trojan and is about to kill him. In desperation, the Trojan grabs Mene- laus's knees and supplicates him to ransom rather than kill him. Though Menelaus has reason to hate all Trojans, his strong, internalized sense ...
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... 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 WORLD GONE MAD Though ...
... 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 WORLD GONE MAD Though ...
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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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