https://jdavidstark.com/tags/augustine-of-hippo/ Recent content in Augustine-of-Hippo on J. David Stark https://jdavidstark.com/images/papermod-cover.png https://jdavidstark.com/images/papermod-cover.png Hugo -- 0.154.5 en J. David Stark Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:15:36 +0000 https://jdavidstark.com/augustine-on-varro-on-the-naming-of-athens/ Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:15:36 +0000 http://ntinterpretation.wordpress.com/?p=11014 <p>[caption id=&quot;&quot; align=&ldquo;alignright&rdquo; width=&ldquo;175&rdquo;] <a href = "http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tiffany_Window_of_St_Augustine_-_Lightner_Museum.jpg" target = "_blank" rel = "nofollow noopener noreferrer" ><img alt="Louis Comfort Tiffany, Window of St. Augustine&hellip;" loading="lazy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Tiffany_Window_of_St_Augustine_-_Lightner_Museum.jpg/300px-Tiffany_Window_of_St_Augustine_-_Lightner_Museum.jpg"></a> Louis Comfort Tiffany, &ldquo;Window of St. Augustine&rdquo; (Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, Florida; photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption]</p> <p>Citing Varro as &ldquo;a most learned man among the [pagans], and [a man] of the weightiest authority&rdquo; on paganism ( <em>Civ.</em> 4.1 [ <a href = "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1602065926/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=newtestainter-20&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=1602065926&amp;adid=1J67HFTPCZ38283R0YZ7&amp;" target = "_blank" rel = "nofollow noopener noreferrer" >NPNF1 2:64</a>]), Augustine summarizes Varro&rsquo;s account of the naming of Athens ( <em>Civ.</em> 18.9 [ <a href = "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1602065926/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=newtestainter-20&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=1602065926&amp;adid=1J67HFTPCZ38283R0YZ7&amp;" target = "_blank" rel = "nofollow noopener noreferrer" >NPNF1 2:365</a>]):</p>