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