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...
Author: | Eric J. Ziolkowski |
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Published: |
S.n.,
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1995
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Volume: | 9 |
Pages: | 1-23 |
Periodical: | Literature and theology |
Number: | 1 |
Format: | Article |
Topic: | -
Biography
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Relations and Sources
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Saint Monica / Parents of Augustine
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Monica (Monnica)
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Platonism - Neo-platonism > Platonism of Varro, Cicero and Virgil > Virgil |
Status: | Active |
Summary: | 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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