Nonnus

Whether Nonnus knew Ovid has been the subject of much discussion, and arguments concerning the Actaeon episodes in the Dionysiaca… Expand

The metric and stylistic novelty of Nonnus’ work was immediately appreciated by a large group of poets, who recognized him as a… Expand

Dionysus’ earliest battles are portrayed, like those of Christian emperors, as ‘bloodless’ and merciful and aiming at conversion… Expand

Ocular and orbital wall cancers were recognized by the physicians of the antiquity as incurable, lethal, and non-operable… Expand

A major theme of the Dionysiaca is the voyeur or curious seeker, whose search, often eroticized, for new experience or knowledge… Expand

 

To get love for your own handsome shape is enough, to touch your beautiful body is what women want, not gold. The beautiful… Expand

The author examines the unusual epic poem by Nonnus from Panopolis. He first informs about Nonnus' live , at the Vth century a.C… Expand

In this article I shall discuss various textual and interpretative problems which are presented to us by Nonnus' Dionysiaca. My… Expand