Posted on September 24, 2007 by Lost and Found
This is the basic dilemma Christians have with the series. Both classical mythology and the Bible provide plenty of reasons to be concerned. The great witch of classical mythology is Medea, and it would be hard to find a less desirable character in life or myth. She devotes her life to avenging herself on Jason [...]
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Posted on August 15, 2007 by Lost and Found
We do well, it seems to me, to distinguish Greek education from Roman. The Roman’s were masters at making things last (like, for example, their empire). They weren’t necessarily very good at making things good. The Greeks were not so good at making things last, though this problem can be exagerrated since the pragmatic Roman [...]
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