Alegoría, mito y artes liberales en san Agustín De ordine I. 8. 24

Abstract

In this article we intend to establish a relationship between myth and allegory according to the treatment of the Hellenistic-Christian literary tradition, to consider the application of allegory with philosophical function and its reception by St. Augustine. We exemplify the process with the Augustinian interpretation of the story of Pyramus and Thisbe according to De Ordine. We conclude in the argumentative scope of the allegory to found a philosophical prescriptive.