Nonnus of Panopolis in context II : : poetry, religion, and society : proceedings of the international conference on Nonnus of Panopolis, 26th-29th September 2013, University of Vienna, Austria / / edited by Herbert Bannert, Nicole Kröll.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, Supplements. Late Antique Literature, Volume 408
• TeilnehmendeR: Bannert, Herbert,; Kröll, Nicole,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018.; ©2018
• Έτος έκδοσης: 2018
• Γλώσσα: English; German
• Σειρά: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Late antique literature ; Volume 408.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource (436 pages) :; illustrations.

Nonnus of Panopolis in Upper-Egypt is the author of the 48 books of the last large scale mythological epic in antiquity, the Dionysiaca . The same author also wrote an epic poem on the life and times of Jesus Christ according to St John’s Gospel . Nonnus has an outstanding position in ancient litera...