Nonnus of panopolis in context iii : : old questions and new perspectives / / edited by Filip Doroszewski, Katarzyna Jażdżewska.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 438
• TeilnehmendeR: Doroszewski, Filip, 1980-; Jazdzewska, Katarzyna,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, Massachusetts : : BRILL,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 438.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.

Nonnus of Panopolis (5th c. AD), the most important Greek poet of Late Antiquity, is best known for his Dionysiaca , a grand epic that gathers together all myths associated with Dionysus, god of wine and mysteries. The poet also authored the Paraphrase of St. John's Gospel which renders the Fourth Gospel into sophisticated hexameter verse. This volume, edited by Filip Doroszewski and Katarzyna Jażdżewska, brings together twenty-six essays by eminent scholars that discuss Nonnus' cultural and literary background, the literary techniques and motifs used by the poet, as well as the composition of the Dionysiaca and the exegetical principles applied in the Paraphrase . As such, the book will significantly deepen our understanding of literary culture and religion in Late Antiquity.

Table of Contents

Preface -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Solved and Still Unsolved Issues about Nonnus and His Works -- Gennaro D'Ippolito -- Part 1 Nonnus and the Literary Tradition -- 1 "Breaking the Fourth Wall": On Literariness and Metalepsis in Nonnus' Dionysiaca -- Berenice Verhelst -- 2 Junctures of Epic and Encomium in the Dionysiaca : The Episode of Staphylos -- Laura Miguélez-Cavero -- 3 Aura's Metamorphosis in the Dionysiaca of Nonnus: A Tale of Classical Resonances and Christian Imagery -- Anna Lefteratou -- 4 I Had Only an Untimely Love: The Ephebic 'Epyllia' of Dionysiaka 10-11 -- Benjamin Acosta-Hughes -- 5 Nonnus' Dionysiaca and the Latin Tradition: The Episode of Ampelus -- Katerina Carvounis and Sophia Papaioannou -- 6 Nonnus and Coptic Literature: Further Explorations -- Gianfranco Agosti -- Part 2 Literary Structure and Motifs in the Dionysiaca -- 7 Visualizing Actaeon: The Motif of Recognition in Nonnus' Treatment of the Metamorphosis -- A. Sophie Schoess -- 8 Structure and Meaning through Analogy: Remarks on the Use of Spatial Form in the Dionysiaca -- Camille Geisz -- 9 Some Aspects of Nonnus' Poetics: Antitypical Poetry in the Dionysiaca -- Nestan Egetashvili -- 10 Ἁρμονίη κόσμου and ἁρμονίη ἀνδρῶν: On the Different Concepts of Harmony in the Dionysiaca of Nonnus -- Marta Otlewska-Jung -- 11 The Awakening of Ariadne in Nonnus: A Deliberate Metaphor -- David Hernández de la Fuente -- 12 Female Characterization and Gender Reversal in Nonnus and Colluthus -- Cosetta Cadau -- 13 Empowered Effeminacy? The Inversion of Gender Norms in the Episodes of Europa and Cadmus.

Fotini Hadjittofi -- Part 3 Exegesis through Paraphrase -- 14 Ἀληθείῃ καὶ πνεύματι ( Par . 4.114): Some Doctrinal Issues in Nonnus' Paraphrase and Their Theological Implications -- Roberta Franchi -- 15 Nonnus and the Book -- Jane Lucy Lightfoot -- 16 Shepherding the Past: Nonnus' Parable of the Good Shepherd between Pagan Models and Christian Exegesis -- Margherita Maria di Nino and Maria Ypsilanti -- 17 Amplification in Juvencus' Evangeliorum Libri iv and in Nonnus' Μεταβολὴ τοῦ κατὰ Ιωάννην ἁγίου εὐαγγελίου -- Michael Paschalis -- 18 Presentation of Biblical Figures in Poetic Paraphrase: John the Baptist and Pontius Pilate in Nonnus' Paraphrase of St. John's Gospel -- Laura Franco and Maria Ypsilanti -- Part 4 Nonnus and Late Antique Culture -- 19 Sacrificing a Serpent: Nonnus' Dionysiaca 2.671-679 and the Orphic Lithica 736-744 -- Ewa Osek -- 20 The Mystic Reception of Theocritus in Late Antiquity -- Konstantinos Spanoudakis -- 21 Sites and Cities in Late Antique Literature: Athens, Berytus, and Cultural Self-Identification in the Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis -- Nicole Kröll -- Part 5 Reception of Nonnus -- 22 An Unknown "Nonnian" Poet: John of Memphis -- Enrico Magnelli -- 23 Nonnus, Christodorus, and the Epigrams of George of Pisidia -- Mary Whitby -- 24 Photius, the Suda , and Eustathius: Eloquent Silences and Omissions in the Reception of Nonnus' Work in Byzantine Literature -- Domenico Accorinti -- 25 Boom Years of Nonnian Studies? On the Reception of Nonnus in Germany (1880-1976) -- Fabian Sieber -- Index.