ST AUGUSTINE AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF VARRO.

This paper argues that St Augustine's presentation of Varro's Antiquitates rerum divinarum in City of God was pivotal to the latter text's disappearance. It shows how Augustine used the Antiquitates' tripartite theology (poetic, civil, and natural) to destroy Varro's authority on traditional Roman r...

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Published in:	Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 76 - 92
Main Author:	HADAS, DANIEL
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Dec2017
Subjects:	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430 Varro, Marcus Terentius Roman religion Apologetics Conversion (Religion)
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