Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index.

Hesiod's Theogony : in the beginning -- Homer's Iliad I : a history of conflict -- Homer's Iliad II : civilization versus barbarism -- Homer's Iliad III : a new ethic -- Homer's Iliad IV : from wrath to reconciliation -- Homer's Odyssey I : coming of age -- Homer's Odyssey II : coming home -- Homer's Odyssey III : the journeys of Odysseus -- Aeschylus's Prometheus bound : the birth of tragedy -- Aeschylus's Oresteia : pagan poets and Hebrew prophets -- Sophocles' Oedipus : the human scapegoat -- Sophocles' Antigone and Electra : questions of duty -- Sophocles' Women of Trachis and Philoctetes : the tragedy of character -- Euripides' Electra and Medea : the naïve and the sentimental -- Euripides' Bacchae and Hippolytus : Apollonian versus Dionysiac -- The sacred history of Rome -- The making of a Roman epic -- Virgil's Aeneid I : the fall of Troy -- Virgil's Aeneid II : Aeneas and Dido -- Virgil's Aeneid III : to hell and back -- Virgil's Aeneid IV : just war?

"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 demonstrates 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 appropriation and interpretation of these great literary works."--BOOK JACKET.