“TheheartofChristianityisamythwhichisalsoafact.“--C.S.LewisInFromAchillestoChrist,LouisMarkosintroducesreaderstothegreatnarrativesofclassicalmythologyfromaChristianperspective.FromthebattlesofAchillesandtheadventuresofOdysseustothefeatsofHerculesandthetrialsofAeneas,Markosshowshowthecharacters,themesandsymbolswithinthesemythsbothforeshadowandfindtheirfulfillmentinthestoryofJesusChrist--the“mythmadefact.“Alongtheway,hedispelsmisplacedfearsaboutthedangersofreadingclassicalliterature,andoffersaChristianapproachtotheinterpretationandappropriationofthesegreatliteraryworks.ThisengagingandeminentlyreadablebookisanexcellentresourceforChristianstudents,teachersandreadersofclassicalliterature.
