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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