St. Augustine: Aeneas' Antitype, Monica's Boy

Z. develops typological links between Augustine and Aeneas in their relationships with their mothers. "Monica becoms for Augustine a Christian antitype of what Venus was for Virgil's epic: A God or goddess, guiding her wandering son" (p. 15). Augustine's use of the classical canon, however, could ha...

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VerfasserIn:Eric J. Ziolkowski
Veröffentlicht: S.n., s.l., 1995
Volumen:9
Seiten:1-23
Zeitschrift:Literature and theology
Nummer:1
Format:Article
Thema:- Lebensbeschreibung > Verhältnisse und Quellen > Sankta Monica / Eltern Augustins > Monica (Monnica)
- Lebensbeschreibung > Verhältnisse und Quellen > [Platonisme. Néo-platonisme] > Platonismus von Varro, Cicero und Vergil > Vergil
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Zusammenfassung:Z. develops typological links between Augustine and Aeneas in their relationships with their mothers. "Monica becoms for Augustine a Christian antitype of what Venus was for Virgil's epic: A God or goddess, guiding her wandering son" (p. 15). Augustine's use of the classical canon, however, could hardly extend to such a raw acceptance of its terminology, as if neither he nor his way of speaking were converted to Christ.