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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... heroes to come. In Genesis, Tamar is impregnated by Judah and becomes the mother of a child whose descendant will be the greatest tragic hero of all: Jesus Christ. But the biblical parallel does not stop here; physical as well as sexual ...
... heroes to come. In Genesis, Tamar is impregnated by Judah and becomes the mother of a child whose descendant will be the greatest tragic hero of all: Jesus Christ. But the biblical parallel does not stop here; physical as well as sexual ...
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... heroes. Yet he consciously chose to leave most of this colorful and dramatic material out. Homer was neither an editor nor a historian; his purpose in composing his poem was not to give a blow-by-blow chronicle of the war but to birth a ...
... heroes. Yet he consciously chose to leave most of this colorful and dramatic material out. Homer was neither an editor nor a historian; his purpose in composing his poem was not to give a blow-by-blow chronicle of the war but to birth a ...
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... heroes of the Bible, from Abraham to Moses, Samson to David, Homer's warriors are brought down by flaws that stem as much from their virtues as from their vices. Good and evil, darkness and light are knotted together in them just as ...
... heroes of the Bible, from Abraham to Moses, Samson to David, Homer's warriors are brought down by flaws that stem as much from their virtues as from their vices. Good and evil, darkness and light are knotted together in them just as ...
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... heroes of a divine or semidivine status who are forced to struggle, alone and isolated, in a world of mortality that more often than not fails to recognize their status, virtues and mission. In a way, Achilles is the father of all such ...
... heroes of a divine or semidivine status who are forced to struggle, alone and isolated, in a world of mortality that more often than not fails to recognize their status, virtues and mission. In a way, Achilles is the father of all such ...
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... hero, whether Greek or Trojan, gets just such a moment in the spotlight: a moment of almost godlike prowess that allows the warrior to display his arete (which can be translated “excellence,” “manliness” or “virtue,” and which is ...
... hero, whether Greek or Trojan, gets just such a moment in the spotlight: a moment of almost godlike prowess that allows the warrior to display his arete (which can be translated “excellence,” “manliness” or “virtue,” and which is ...
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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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