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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... Civilization versus Barbarism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 4 Homer's Iliad III: A New Ethic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 5 Homer's Iliad IV: From Wrath to Reconciliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 6 Homer's ...
... Civilization versus Barbarism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 4 Homer's Iliad III: A New Ethic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 5 Homer's Iliad IV: From Wrath to Reconciliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 6 Homer's ...
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... civilization, commerce and adventure, wars when just, conquest when humane and necessary, have His co-operation, and His blessing upon them. The course of events, the revolution of empires, the rise and fall of states, the periods and ...
... civilization, commerce and adventure, wars when just, conquest when humane and necessary, have His co-operation, and His blessing upon them. The course of events, the revolution of empires, the rise and fall of states, the periods and ...
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... civilization) but in my heart and blood as well. I would also like to acknowledge and celebrate the growing number of classical Christian schools and Christian homeschoolers who have been instrumental in reviving the legacy of the Greek ...
... civilization) but in my heart and blood as well. I would also like to acknowledge and celebrate the growing number of classical Christian schools and Christian homeschoolers who have been instrumental in reviving the legacy of the Greek ...
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... civilization. In keeping with most classicists, I would place both poets near the end of the eighth century B.C., with Hesiod composing on the west coast of the Aegean (modern-day Greece) and Homer on the east (modern-day Turkey). Like ...
... civilization. In keeping with most classicists, I would place both poets near the end of the eighth century B.C., with Hesiod composing on the west coast of the Aegean (modern-day Greece) and Homer on the east (modern-day Turkey). Like ...
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... civilization. Instead of Thetis, he takes as wives both Metis (wisdom) and Themis (justice) and defeats once and for all the more bestial of the primal gods. In a titanic battle, he even defeats with his thunderbolts a hundred-headed ...
... civilization. Instead of Thetis, he takes as wives both Metis (wisdom) and Themis (justice) and defeats once and for all the more bestial of the primal gods. In a titanic battle, he even defeats with his thunderbolts a hundred-headed ...
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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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