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Christianizing Homer : the Odyssey, Plato, and the Acts of Andrew / Dennis Ronald MacDonald.
LIBRA BS2880.A372 M34 1994
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacDonald, Dennis R., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Socrates.
- Plato.
- Acts of Andrew.
- Mythology, Greek.
- Controversial literature.
- Acts of Andrew--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Homer. Odyssey.
- Homer.
- Plato--Influence.
- Socrates--Influence.
- Mythology, Greek--Controversial literature.
- Apologetics--Early works to 1800.
- Apologetics.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 352 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
- Contents:
- 1. Homer in the Early Church 17
- 2. The Iliad 35
- City of the Cannibals (Achilles' Myrmidons, AAMt 1a) 35
- Abduction of Matthias (Circe the Cannibal, AAMt 1-2) 39
- Jesus Consoles Matthias (Athena the Comforter, AAMt 3) 40
- Voyage to Myrmidonia (Athena the Sailor, AAMt 4-11) 41
- Summoning the Dead (Nekyia, AAMt 12-15) 44
- Sleepy Disembarkation (Odysseus's Arrival at Ithaca, AAMt 16-17) 46
- Andrew Rescues Matthias (Odysseus Rescues Crew, AAMt 18-21) 47
- Slaying the Children (Iphigenia and Orestes, AAMt 22-23) 50
- Devil's Advocate (Zeus's Lying Dream, AAMt 24) 52
- Dragging the Apostle (Hector's Corpse, AAMt 25-28) 53
- Fighting the Flood (Achilles and the Scamander, AAMt 29-32a) 55
- Jesus the Child (Hermes the Youth, AAMt 32b) 58
- Andrew Departs (Odysseus's Departure from Circe, AAMt 33) 59
- The Order of the Parallels 60
- 3. Nekyia 77
- Rendezvous at a Mountain 78
- City of the Barbarians 79
- Raising the Myrmidons 81
- Visit to the Netherworld 84
- Departure from Myrmidonia for Amasia 100
- 4. Nostos 113
- The Blind Savant (Tiresias, GE 2) 114
- Demetrius and His Slave (Achilles and Patroclus, GE 3) 115
- Sostratus and His Mother (Oedipus and Jocasta, GE 4) 117
- Gratinus and the Woman's Bath (Nestor and Polycaste, GE 5) 119
- Dog-Demons and the Dead Youth (Actaeon, GE 6-7) 121
- Storms, Pirates, and Sailors (GE 8-10) 122
- The Double Wedding (The Wedding at Sparta, GE 11) 124
- Exochus (Melampus, GE 12) 125
- Carpianus and Adimantus (Zeus and Sarpedon, GE 13) 126
- The Dead Youth (Hector, GE 14) 128
- Medias and Philomedes (Zeus and Hephaestus, GE 15) 129
- Nicolaus (Menelaus, GE 16) 132
- The Young Demoniac (Apollo, GE 17) 133
- Varianus and Aristobula (Zeus and Hera, GE 18a) 134
- The Magician and the Virgin (Simon Magus and Helen, PCU 1) 141
- The Deserter (Ares, PCU 1 and GE 18b) 144
- Andrew and the Beasts (Heracles, GE 18c) 145
- The Snake at the Oak (the Dragon at the Golden Tree, GE 19) 146
- Andrew's Cross (Odysseus's Oar, GE 20) 150
- Anthimus (Orpheus, GE 21) 155
- 5. Back in Achaea 177
- Lesbius (Dionysus, GE 22) 177
- Trophime and Callisto (Atalanta and Aphrodite, GE 23) 180
- Philopater and Verus (Orestes and Pylades, GE 24) 182
- Calliope (Circe, GE 25) 184
- Sostratus and Leontius (Agamemnon and Achilles, GE 26) 185
- The Men at the Bath (Heracles and Hylas, GE 27) 187
- Nicolaus and the Whore (Menelaus and Helen, GE 28) 188
- Antiphanes (Heracles, GE 29a) 190
- Aegeates (Poseidon, GE 29b) 193
- Sosius and Iphidama (Eumaeus and Eurycleia, GE 30) 194
- The Beggar at the Portico (Irus the Beggar, GE 31) 195
- The Blind Family (Phineus, GE 32) 196
- The Leper at the Harbor (Philoctetes, GE 33) 197
- 6. Recognitions 211
- The Arrival of Stratocles (Telemachus, Passion 1) 212
- The Healing of Alcman (Heracles, Passion 2-5) 214
- The Bedroom of Maximilla (Penelope, Passion 6) 217
- The Birth Pangs of Stratocles (Theaetetus, Passion 7-12) 218
- The Return of Aegeates (Odysseus, Passion 13-14a) 222
- The Empowerment of Maximilla (Penelope, Passion 14b-16) 223
- The Deception of Euclia (Melantho, Passion 17-22) 227
- The Arrest of Andrew (Passion 23-28a) 228
- Iphidama in Prison (Socrates' Friends, Passion 28b-29a) 230
- The Invisibility of the Women (Odysseus's Mist, Passion 29b-34) 231
- Maximilla Becomes Male (Passion 35-41) 233
- Stratocles Gives Birth (Theaetetus, Passion 42-46) 234
- Andrew's Last Will and Testament (Passion 47-50) 235
- 7. Slaying the Suitor 249
- The Accusation Against Andrew (Socrates, Passion 51) 253
- The Vengeance of Stratocles (Telemachus, Passion 52-53a) 255
- The Simile of the Eagle (Socrates' Chariot, Passion 53b) 255
- The Mystery of the Cross (Odysseus's Mast, Passion 54-55a) 257
- The Laughter from the Cross (Socrates' Laughter, Passion 55) 262
- The Immortality of the Soul (Socrates' Psyche, Passion 56-58) 263
- The Attempted Escape (Crito's Plan, Passion 59-60) 269
- The Refusal to be Untied (Socrates' Resolve, Passion 61-62) 270
- The Release of Andrew's Soul (Socrates' Death, Passion 63) 272
- The Burial of Andrew's Body (Socrates' Corpse, Passion 64a) 272
- The Denouement (Penelope and Telemachus, Passion 64b) 273
- Authorship 287
- Allegorical Readings 289
- Unallegorical Readings 290
- Andrew's Own Epic 293
- Criteria for Literary Dependence 302
- Implications 316
- Appendix Andrew's Speech to the Cross 325.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-343) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195087224
- OCLC:
- 28634410
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