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Nonnus of Panopolis in Context: Poetry and Cultural Milieu in Late Antiquity with a Section on Nonnus and the Modern World - Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Konstantinos Spanoudakis
Nonnus of Panopolis in Context: Poetry and Cultural Milieu in Late Antiquity with a Section on Nonnus and the Modern World - Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes
Konstantinos Spanoudakis
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. This book includes 24 essays by an international team of experts place the poet in his time's educational, philosophical, religious and cultural context.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 14, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9783110339376 |
| Publishers | De Gruyter |
| Pages | 584 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 230 × 36 mm · 973 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Spanoudakis, Konstantinos |