Some, intrigued with the (dubious) game of fitting ancient figures into compartments of modern psychoanalysis, would see Hosea's act as symptomatic of a profound sickness. (religion-online.org)
They soon discover riches unimaginable, but with those riches come a curse most deadly, awakening the murderous ancient figure, now possessing the power of a god, to no good end. (qwipster.net)
Though Gleick focuses on the time - travel stories and speculations that have proliferated since 1900, he draws insights from ancient figures — Plato, Aristotle, the Buddha, Heraclitus, Parmenides, and Augustine — who plumbed the mystery of time's flow, eternity's stasis. (booklistonline.com)