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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Autore:Eric J. Ziolkowski
Pubblicazione: S.n., s.l., 1995
Volume:9
Pagine:1-23
Periodico:Literature and theology
Numero:1
Formato:Article
Soggetto:- Biografia > Rapporti e Fonti > Santa Monica / Genitori di Agostino > Monica (Monnica)
- Biografia > Rapporti e Fonti > Platonismo - neoplatonismo > Platonism de Varrone, Cicerone e Virgilio > Virgilio
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Riassunto: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.