![]() |
Wiener Studien Band 139/2026Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie, Patristik und lateinische Tradition, Band 139/2026
|
![]() |
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
DATUM, UNTERSCHRIFT / DATE, SIGNATURE
BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, WIEN (IBAN AT04 1100 0006 2280 0100, BIC BKAUATWW), DEUTSCHE BANK MÜNCHEN (IBAN DE16 7007 0024 0238 8270 00, BIC DEUTDEDBMUC)
|

Wiener Studien 139/2026, pp. 87-102, 2026/06/29
Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie, Patristik und lateinische Tradition, Band 139/2026
For exegetical purposes, Augustine alludes to the majestic height of Mount Olympus and recounts the story of the letters inscribed in the dust at its summit, which remain preserved due to the lack of wind and rain. However, the origins of this anecdote are not easy to reconstruct, and the scant available evidence lacks certain details, referring also to other mountains in Greece. A possible source for this story is a passage from Solinus in the second version of his work, the so-called Polyhistor.