UID:
edocfu_9959245009302883
Format:
1 online resource (904 pages) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
90-04-31069-X
Series Statement:
Brill's Companions in Classical Studies,
Content:
The Egyptian Nonnus of Panopolis (5th century AD), author of both the ‘pagan’ Dionysiaca , the longest known poem from Antiquity (21,286 lines in 48 books, the same number of books as the Iliad and Odyssey combined), and a ‘Christian’ hexameter Paraphrase of St John’s Gospel (3,660 lines in 21 books), is no doubt the most representative poet of Greek Late Antiquity. Brill’s Companion to Nonnus of Panopolis provides a collection of 32 essays by a large international group of scholars, experts in the field of archaic, Hellenistic, Imperial, and Christian poetry, as well as scholars of late antique Egypt, Greek mythology and religion, who explore the various aspects of Nonnus’ baroque poetry and its historical, religious and cultural background.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Preliminary Material --
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Introduction: Becoming A Classic /
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1 The Poet from Panopolis: An Obscure Biography and a Controversial Figure /
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2 Nonnus’ Panopolis /
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3 The Religious Background of Nonnus /
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4 Nonnus and Dionysiac-Orphic Religion /
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5 The Poet of Dionysus: Birth of the Last among the Gods /
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6 Major Themes and Motifs in the Dionysiaca /
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7 Minor Characters in the Dionysiaca /
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8 Narrative and Digression in the Dionysiaca /
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9 The Psychology in the Dionysiaca /
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10 Nonnus and Biblical Epic /
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11 Approaching the ‘Spiritual Gospel’: Nonnus as Interpreter of John /
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12 Nonnus’ Paraphrastic Technique: A Case Study of Self-Recognition in John 9 /
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13 Nonnus and Christian Literature /
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14 Nonnus’ Christology /
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15 The Mystery Terminology in Nonnus’ Paraphrase /
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16 The Nonnian Hexameter /
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17 Nonnus’ Conventional Formulaic Style /
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18 Nonnus and the Play of Genres /
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19 Nonnus’ Poetics /
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20 Nonnus and the Poetry of Ekphrasis in the Dionysiaca /
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21 Nonnus and the Art of Late Antiquity /
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22 Nonnus and the Homeric Poems /
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23 Composing the Masters: An Essay on Nonnus and Hellenistic Poetry /
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24 Nonnus and Imperial Greek Poetry /
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25 Nonnus and the Novel /
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26 Christian Themes in the Dionysiaca /
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27 Pagan Themes in the Paraphrase /
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28 Nonnus and Prophecy: Between ‘Pagan’ and ‘Christian’ Voices /
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29 Nonnus and Late Antique Society /
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30 Brief Notes on the Manuscript Tradition of Nonnus’ Works /
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31 The Reception of Nonnus in Late Antiquity, Byzantine, and Renaissance Literature /
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32 The Influence of Nonnus on Baroque and Modern Literature /
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Bibliography --
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General Index --
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Index of Principal Nonnian Passages.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-04-31011-8
Language:
English
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