Bethany Bear loves teaching the Iliad because it depicts the play and conflict of so many fundamental human values: friendship, fame, and more. Read about the scholarly virtues she learns from the Iliad.
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Fame, Glory and the Struggle of a Christian Academic
As a student in the secular academy — wait. No. If Plato was right (and I think he was spot on here), then whether a student of the secular academy or a fireman or a pastor, I am lured by ever-glistening immortal fame. Every one of us, no matter what he does, is longing for the […]