Nonnus of Panopolis in context :: poetry and cultural milieu in Late Antiquity with a section on Nonnus and the modern world /

Nonnus, a 5th-century poet from Panopolis (Egypt), composed the Dionysiaca, a mythological epic in 48 books, as well as a paraphrase of the Gospel of St John. He has long been a neglected and misrepresented figure. These 24 essays by an international team of experts place the poet in his time's...

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Other Authors: Spanoudakis, Konstantinos (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
French
Ancient Greek
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2014]
Series:Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; 24.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Nonnus, a 5th-century poet from Panopolis (Egypt), composed the Dionysiaca, a mythological epic in 48 books, as well as a paraphrase of the Gospel of St John. He has long been a neglected and misrepresented figure. These 24 essays by an international team of experts place the poet in his time's educational, philosophical, religious and cultural context. The book inaugurates a new era of research for Nonnus and Late Antique poetics on the whole.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 564 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110339420
3110339420
3110339374
9783110339376
9783110339437
3110339439
3110368110
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