From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan ClassicsInterVarsity Press, 20 wrz 2009 "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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... battle, he even defeats with his thunderbolts a hundred-headed, chaos-causing, storm-producing dragon whom he imprisons in a volcano. If we focus here only on the Oedipal violence of Ouranos's castration or the domestic violence that ...
... battle, he even defeats with his thunderbolts a hundred-headed, chaos-causing, storm-producing dragon whom he imprisons in a volcano. If we focus here only on the Oedipal violence of Ouranos's castration or the domestic violence that ...
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... battle? (I.149-51) Achilles continues to rage in this vein, insulting Agamemnon and questioning why he, Achilles, has come to Troy in the first place. And then the real cause of his anger surfaces: Never, when the Achaians sack some ...
... battle? (I.149-51) Achilles continues to rage in this vein, insulting Agamemnon and questioning why he, Achilles, has come to Troy in the first place. And then the real cause of his anger surfaces: Never, when the Achaians sack some ...
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... battles; Go home then with your own ships and your own companions, be king over the Myrmidons. I care nothing about you. I take no account of your anger. But here is my threat to you. . . . I shall take the fair-cheeked Briseis, Your ...
... battles; Go home then with your own ships and your own companions, be king over the Myrmidons. I care nothing about you. I take no account of your anger. But here is my threat to you. . . . I shall take the fair-cheeked Briseis, Your ...
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... battle; he instructs his divine mother to go to Zeus and ask him to empower the Trojans so that they will start defeating the Greeks. “Then,” the spiteful Achilles reasons to himself, “Agamemnon will be forced to come to my tent and beg ...
... battle; he instructs his divine mother to go to Zeus and ask him to empower the Trojans so that they will start defeating the Greeks. “Then,” the spiteful Achilles reasons to himself, “Agamemnon will be forced to come to my tent and beg ...
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... battle, with the spotlight fixed on Diomedes as he routs the Trojans in a display of Achillean prowess. At some point in the Iliad, every major hero, whether Greek or Trojan, gets just such a moment in the spotlight: a moment of almost ...
... battle, with the spotlight fixed on Diomedes as he routs the Trojans in a display of Achillean prowess. At some point in the Iliad, every major hero, whether Greek or Trojan, gets just such a moment in the spotlight: a moment of almost ...
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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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