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...
VerfasserIn: | Eric J. Ziolkowski |
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Veröffentlicht: |
S.n.,
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1995
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Volumen: | 9 |
Seiten: | 1-23 |
Zeitschrift: | Literature and theology |
Nummer: | 1 |
Format: | Article |
Thema: | -
Lebensbeschreibung
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Verhältnisse und Quellen
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Sankta Monica / Eltern Augustins
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Monica (Monnica)
- Lebensbeschreibung > Verhältnisse und Quellen > [Platonisme. Néo-platonisme] > Platonismus von Varro, Cicero und Vergil > Vergil |
Status: | Active |
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. |
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