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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... death, then it necessarily follows that free choice, since it is neither Christ nor in Christ, is included in the error, the lie, and the death. . . . Outside of Christ there is nothing but Satan, apart from grace nothing but wrath ...
... death, then it necessarily follows that free choice, since it is neither Christ nor in Christ, is included in the error, the lie, and the death. . . . Outside of Christ there is nothing but Satan, apart from grace nothing but wrath ...
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... death and that we, perhaps, could share in that new life. If I am right and the Greeks of John's Gospel were members of this an- cient cult—a cult well known throughout the Near East—then Jesus' reply would have carried special ...
... death and that we, perhaps, could share in that new life. If I am right and the Greeks of John's Gospel were members of this an- cient cult—a cult well known throughout the Near East—then Jesus' reply would have carried special ...
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... death has clearly affected the great warrior. Though he fears neither pain nor injury, Achilles is morbidly obsessed with his own mortality. According to legend, early in life Achilles 46 FROM ACHILLES TO CHRIST was given the choice ...
... death has clearly affected the great warrior. Though he fears neither pain nor injury, Achilles is morbidly obsessed with his own mortality. According to legend, early in life Achilles 46 FROM ACHILLES TO CHRIST was given the choice ...
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... death of soldiers as it is about the wrath of a man who should have been a god. Greek tragedy deals often with heroes of a divine or semidivine status who are forced to struggle, alone and isolated, in a world of mortality that more ...
... death of soldiers as it is about the wrath of a man who should have been a god. Greek tragedy deals often with heroes of a divine or semidivine status who are forced to struggle, alone and isolated, in a world of mortality that more ...
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... death at the hands of Achilles, Homer refuses to do what a lesser writer would have done: demonize Hektor and his city so that when they are destroyed we will feel a sense of victory and exaltation. Homer won't make it that easy for us ...
... death at the hands of Achilles, Homer refuses to do what a lesser writer would have done: demonize Hektor and his city so that when they are destroyed we will feel a sense of victory and exaltation. Homer won't make it that easy for us ...
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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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