From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics"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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... ancients? What business does a Christian have devoting time and energy to works written by pagans who lacked the light of the Christian, or even the Jewish, reve1True to the legacy of the great literature that I will be discussing in ...
... ancients? What business does a Christian have devoting time and energy to works written by pagans who lacked the light of the Christian, or even the Jewish, reve1True to the legacy of the great literature that I will be discussing in ...
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... ancient world been so superseded by Christianity as to be irrelevant as sources of wisdom in the life of the believer?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 to claim that the Bible is the ultimate source of ...
... ancient world been so superseded by Christianity as to be irrelevant as sources of wisdom in the life of the believer?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 to claim that the Bible is the ultimate source of ...
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... ancient “deal” was the seasonal cycle of the year. When Persephone returned to Hades, Demeter became desolate and the crops began to die; during the winter months they lay buried like Persephone in the cold earth. In the spring, however ...
... ancient “deal” was the seasonal cycle of the year. When Persephone returned to Hades, Demeter became desolate and the crops began to die; during the winter months they lay buried like Persephone in the cold earth. In the spring, however ...
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... ancients. In his third discourse, Newman takes us on a vivid whirlwind tour through a slightly scattered, intensely concentrated catalogue of the many ways the triune God of the Bible has revealed himself to mankind. “As in 20 FROM ...
... ancients. In his third discourse, Newman takes us on a vivid whirlwind tour through a slightly scattered, intensely concentrated catalogue of the many ways the triune God of the Bible has revealed himself to mankind. “As in 20 FROM ...
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... ancient virtues that the humanist seeks to imitate, those classical deeds of heroism that would incite him to noble action, all find their ultimate source 22 FROM ACHILLES TO CHRIST in the original agency of. 6Ibid., p. 58. 7Ibid., pp ...
... ancient virtues that the humanist seeks to imitate, those classical deeds of heroism that would incite him to noble action, all find their ultimate source 22 FROM ACHILLES TO CHRIST in the original agency of. 6Ibid., p. 58. 7Ibid., pp ...
Contents
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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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