29 Nonnus and Late Antique Society

In: Brill’s Companion to Nonnus of Panopolis
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Gianfranco Agosti
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644–668
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https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004310698_031

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Series:  Brill's Companions to Classical Studies
Cover Brill’s Companion to Nonnus of Panopolis
E-Book ISBN:
9789004310698
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 2016
Preliminary Material
Introduction: Becoming A Classic
1 The Poet from Panopolis: An Obscure Biography and a Controversial Figure
2 Nonnus’ Panopolis
3 The Religious Background of Nonnus
4 Nonnus and Dionysiac-Orphic Religion
5 The Poet of Dionysus: Birth of the Last among the Gods
6 Major Themes and Motifs in the Dionysiaca
7 Minor Characters in the Dionysiaca
8 Narrative and Digression in the Dionysiaca
9 The Psychology in the Dionysiaca
10 Nonnus and Biblical Epic
11 Approaching the ‘Spiritual Gospel’: Nonnus as Interpreter of John
12 Nonnus’ Paraphrastic Technique: A Case Study of Self-Recognition in John 9
13 Nonnus and Christian Literature
14 Nonnus’ Christology
15 The Mystery Terminology in Nonnus’ Paraphrase
16 The Nonnian Hexameter
17 Nonnus’ Conventional Formulaic Style
18 Nonnus and the Play of Genres
19 Nonnus’ Poetics
20 Nonnus and the Poetry of Ekphrasis in the Dionysiaca
21 Nonnus and the Art of Late Antiquity
22 Nonnus and the Homeric Poems
23 Composing the Masters: An Essay on Nonnus and Hellenistic Poetry
24 Nonnus and Imperial Greek Poetry
25 Nonnus and the Novel
26 Christian Themes in the Dionysiaca
27 Pagan Themes in the Paraphrase
28 Nonnus and Prophecy: Between ‘Pagan’ and ‘Christian’ Voices
29 Nonnus and Late Antique Society
30 Brief Notes on the Manuscript Tradition of Nonnus’ Works
31 The Reception of Nonnus in Late Antiquity, Byzantine, and Renaissance Literature
32 The Influence of Nonnus on Baroque and Modern Literature
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Principal Nonnian Passages

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