Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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...
| Autor: | Eric J. Ziolkowski |
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| Publicado: |
S.n.,
s.l.,
1995
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| Volumen: | 9 |
| Páginas: | 1-23 |
| Periódico: | Literature and theology |
| Número: | 1 |
| Formato: | Article |
| Tópico: | -
Biografía
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Relaciones y Fuentes
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Santa Mónica / Padres de Agustín
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Mónica (Monnica)
- Biografía > Relaciones y Fuentes > [Platonisme. Néo-platonisme] > Platonismo de Varrón, Cicerón y Virgilio > Virgilio |
| Estado: | Active |
| Sumario: | 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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Aeneas