Nonnus of Panopolis ( Ancient Greek : Νόννος ὁ Πανοπολίτης , Nónnos ho Panopolítēs , fl. 5th century CE) was the most notable Greek epic poet of the Imperial Roman era . He was a native of Panopolis (Akhmim) in the Egyptian Thebaid and probably lived in the 5th century CE. He is known as the composer of the Dionysiaca , an epic tale of the god Dionysus , and of the Metabole , a paraphrase of the Gospel of John . The epic Dionysiaca describes the life of Dionysus, his expedition to India, and his triumphant return. It was written in Homeric Greek and in dactylic hexameter , and it consists of 48 books at 20,426 lines.
10-483: Set of mythological Greek characters This article is about the Greek mythological characters named Euryale. For other uses, see Euryale (disambiguation) . In Greek mythology , Euryale ( / j ʊəˈr aɪ ə l i / yoor- EYE -ə-lee ; Ancient Greek : Εὐρυάλη , lit. 'far-roaming"') was the name of several mythological figures, including: Euryale , one of
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30-467: A unique musicality. His Paraphrase of John ( Metabolḕ toû katà Iōánnēn Euaggelíou ) also survives. Its timing is a debated point: textual analysis seems to suggest that it preceded the Dionysiaca while some scholars feel it unlikely that a converted Christian would have gone on to devote so much work to the Dionysiaca ’s pagan themes. The terminus post quem for its composition is the commentary on
40-467: Is the 48-book epic Dionysiaca , the longest surviving poem from classical antiquity . It has 20,426 lines composed in Homeric Greek and dactylic hexameters , the main subject of which is the life of Dionysus , his expedition to India, and his triumphant return. The poem is to be dated to the 5th century. It used to be considered of poor literary quality, but a mass of recent writing (most notably in
50-454: The Budé edition and commentary on the poem in 18 volumes) has demonstrated that it shows consummate literary skill, even if its distinctly baroque extravagance is an acquired taste for a modern reader. His versification invites attention: writing in hexameters he uses a higher proportion of dactyls and less elision than earlier poets; this plus his subtle use of alliteration and assonance gives his verse
60-609: The Gospel of John written by Cyril of Alexandria (i.e. 425–428), since the theological layer of Nonnus' Paraphrase is clearly dependent on it. A more difficult issue is to determine the terminus ante quem. Perhaps it is the time of the composition of Pseudo-Apollinaris' Metaphrase of the Psalms (c. 460), which seems to refer to Nonnus' poem. A complete and updated bibliography of Nonnus scholarship may be found at Hellenistic Bibliography's page at Google Sites. Editions and translations of
70-1426: The Perseus Digital Library . Hard, Robin (2015), Eratosthenes and Hyginus: Constellation Myths, With Aratus's Phaenomena , Oxford University Press , 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-871698-3 . Google Books . Hyginus, Gaius Julius , De Astronomica , in The Myths of Hyginus , edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960. Online version at ToposText . Hyginus, Gaius Julius , Fabulae , in The Myths of Hyginus , edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960. Online version at ToposText . Nonnus , Dionysiaca , Volume II: Books 16–35 ,, translated by W. H. D. Rouse , Loeb Classical Library No. 345, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1940. ISBN 978-0-674-99391-4 . Online version at Harvard University Press . Internet Archive (1940) . Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology , Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6 . Valerius Flaccus , Argonautica , translated by J. H. Mozley, Loeb Classical Library No. 286. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at Harvard University Press . [REDACTED] [REDACTED] This article includes
80-582: The composition of Claudian 's Greek Gigantomachy (i.e., after 394–397) as he appears to be familiar with that work. Agathias Scholasticus seems to have followed him, with a mid-6th-century reference to him as a "recent author". He is sometimes conflated with St Nonnus from the hagiographies of St Pelagia and with Nonnus , the bishop of Edessa who attended the Council of Chalcedon , both of whom seem to have been roughly contemporary, but these associations are probably mistaken. Nonnus's principal work
90-959: The three Gorgon sisters. Euryale, daughter of Minos , mother of the great hunter Orion . Euryale, one of the Amazons Notes [ edit ] ^ Parada, s.v. Euryale 1; Hesiod , Theogony 270–277 ; Apollodorus , 1.2.6 , 2.4.2 ; Hyginus , Fabulae Preface 9 , 35 ; Nonnus , Dionysiaca 13.77–78 , 25.58 . ^ Parada, s.v. Euryale 2; Apollodorus, 1.4.3 ; Eratosthenes , Catasterismi 33 (Hard 2015, p. 101 ); Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.34.1 . ^ Parada, Euryale 3; Valerius Flaccus , 5.612 , 6.370 . References [ edit ] Apollodorus , Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes , Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press , London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4 . Online version at
100-544: Was a Gorgon in Greek mythology. Euryale may also refer to: Nonnus There is almost no evidence for the life of Nonnus. It is known that he was a native of Panopolis ( Akhmim ) in Upper Egypt from his naming in manuscripts and the reference in epigram 9.198 of the Palatine Anthology . Scholars have generally dated him from the end of the 4th to the central years of the 5th century CE. He must have lived after
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