Virga fuit: Ov. ars 2,339-342 and rem. 84-86 in Aug. in psalm. 66,3

Abstract

Influence, or reminiscence, of the reading of Latin classics on Augustine of Hippo. In this paper we study an example of comparison or simile from the vegetable world, which establishes a narrow literal parallel between a text by Augustine and two others by Ovid, although the comparison is applied to different contents in both authors.