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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... Sacred History of Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 17 The Making of a Roman Epic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 18 Virgil's AeneidI: The Fall of Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 ...
... Sacred History of Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 17 The Making of a Roman Epic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 18 Virgil's AeneidI: The Fall of Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 ...
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... sacred tradition? Have not the pagan writers of the ancient world been so superseded by Christianity as to be irrelevant as sources of wisdom in the life of the believer? Many Christians, particularly evangelicals like myself, are prone ...
... sacred tradition? Have not the pagan writers of the ancient world been so superseded by Christianity as to be irrelevant as sources of wisdom in the life of the believer? Many Christians, particularly evangelicals like myself, are prone ...
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... sacred voice into my mouth With which to celebrate the things to come And things which were before. They ordered me To sing the race of blessed ones who live Forever, and to hymn the Muses first And at the end. No more delays; begin.2 ...
... sacred voice into my mouth With which to celebrate the things to come And things which were before. They ordered me To sing the race of blessed ones who live Forever, and to hymn the Muses first And at the end. No more delays; begin.2 ...
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... sacred holiness of Yahweh's wrath nor of the righteous anger that impelled Christ to drive the moneychangers from the temple courts, but he did understand that wrath is part of the fabric that weaves together the intersecting worlds of ...
... sacred holiness of Yahweh's wrath nor of the righteous anger that impelled Christ to drive the moneychangers from the temple courts, but he did understand that wrath is part of the fabric that weaves together the intersecting worlds of ...
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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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