Dionysiaca, Volume III: Books 36-48 [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by Nonnus of Panopolis and Cleo Qian

Epic revels.

Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt, who lived in the fifth century of our era, composed the last great epic poem of antiquity. The Dionysiaca, in forty-eight books, has for its chief theme the expedition of Dionysus against the Indians; but the poet contrives to include all the adventures of the god (as well as much other mythological lore) in a narrative that begins with chaos in heaven and ends with the apotheosis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
• ISBN: 0674993934
• ISBN13: 9780674993938
• Release Date: January 1940
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.5" x 6.6"