Heroes of the City of Man: A Christian Guide to Select Ancient Literature

Heroes of the City of Man: A Christian Guide to Select Ancient LiteratureEvery high school kid must read the pagan classics—and Leithart shows why that goes double for Christians.To be fully educated, it is necessary to read the great pagan classics of Homer and Virgil and the ancient Greek playwrights. However, many Christians are often disgusted by the barbarity and violence, put off by the emphasis on honor and man-centered glory, and simply baffled by the long and tedious descriptions of battle scenes and elaborate ceremonies. In this book written for high school students, Leithart gives a patient, yet critical examination of some of the greatest classics of ancient literature, including Hesiod's Theogony , Homer's Iliad and Odyssey , Aechylus' Eumenides , Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus , Euripdes' The Bacchae , Aristophanes' The Birds , and Virgil's Aeneid . While Leithart expounds the deep and interesting symbolism, tropes, and deeper meanings of these classics, he never forgets the