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