Comments on: Augustine’s Confessions as a Re-Write of Virgil’s Aeneid

By: Ali

October 16, 2009, 8:58 am

Hi, Cynthia. I have checked your blog out from time to time. I really enjoy your writing although many times it is way above my head! I wanted to comment on this post and how spot on I think it is. I...

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By: Cynthia R. Nielsen

October 16, 2009, 9:48 am

Hi Ali, Thanks for your comment. Best of luck with your studies as well. Cheers, Cynthia

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By: Hasan

October 19, 2009, 1:18 pm

Dear Cynthia, I have stumbled upon your blog accidentally, and since I’ve started reading through it, I have forgotten what I was originally looking for. Do not worry though, I am sure it will come...

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By: Jeremy Weese

October 26, 2009, 6:52 am

Cynthia, Very intriguing comparison, and you draw out the parallels nicely. I did have a question though: why do you think Augustine chose the Aeneid as his ‘historical’ paradigm? Is it only because of...

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By: Cynthia R. Nielsen

October 26, 2009, 7:34 pm

Hi Jeremy, Augustine assumed that his (educated) audience would be familiar with the work, as Vergil’s _Aeneid_ had a somewhat “canonical” status. With all good wishes, Cynthia

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By: Gia

April 27, 2011, 8:02 am

I am doing this topic for my dissertation. Did you use any external sources for this blog entry? I was just wondering if you had any good books I could look at for this topic. Many thanks.

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By: Cynthia R. Nielsen

April 28, 2011, 7:38 am

I suggest consulting Fitzgerald’s encyclopedia-book on Augustine. Just google it or look it up on Amazon. It is published by Eerdmans.

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By: Robert J. Forman

December 11, 2012, 8:48 am

You might be interested in my book, Augustine and the Making of a Christian Literature, published in 1995. Augustine uses Carthage as his means of producing a text in which all the logoi are directed...

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