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| #1161141 in Books | 1940-01-01 | 1940-01-31 | Original language:Ancient Greek | PDF # 1 | 6.00 x1.00 x4.00l,.87 | File type: PDF | 576 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A little known classical epic|By David J Telford|I read this after reading Robin Robertson's freely translated versions/reconstructions of parts of books VI to XV. This poem is a more detailed construction of the story of Dionysius, that otherwise has not survived, written at the end of the Hellenistic era. The translation is a little clunky, perhaps due to its Edwardian-classi
Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt, who lived in the fifth century of our era, composed the last great epic poem of antiquity. The Dionysiaca, in 48 books, has for its chief theme the expedition of Dionysus against the Indians; but the poet contrives to include all the adventures of the god (as well as much other mythological lore) in a narrative which begins with chaos in heaven and ends with the apotheosis of Ariadne's crown. The wild ecstasy inspired by the god i...
You easily download any file type for your device.Nonnos: Dionysiaca, Volume I, Books 1-15 (Loeb Classical Library No. 344) | Nonnos. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
