Heroes of the city of man : a Christian guide to select ancient literature /

Leithart, Peter J,

Heroes of the city of man : a Christian guide to select ancient literature / [print] Peter J. Leithart. - Moscow, Idaho : Canon Press, (c)1999. - 389 pages ; 22 cm.



Introduction: The devil has no stories -- Introduction: Ancient epic -- Pagan genesis: Hesiod, Theogony -- Fighters killing, fighters killed: Homer, The Iliad -- Son of Pain: Homer, The Odyssey -- Patria and Pietas: Virgil, the Aeneid -- Introduction: Greek drama -- Blessings of terror: Aeschylus, The Eumenides -- Riddles of one and many: Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus -- The contest of Fetters and Thyrusus: Euripides, The Bacchae -- Sophist in the city: Aristophanes, Clouds.




Classical literature--History and criticism.
Literature, Ancient--History and criticism.
Greek drama--History and criticism.

PA3022.L533.H476 1999 PA3022