{"product_id":"9780674993914-dionysiaca-volume-ii","title":"Dionysiaca, Volume II","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBooks 16–35\u003cbr\u003eThis epic poem concerns Dionysus’ earthly career from birth at Thebes to reception on Olympus. In a poem full of mythology, astrology, and magic, Nonnos relates the god’s conquest of the East and also, sensually and explicitly, his amorous adventures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpic revels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNonnos of Panopolis in Egypt, who lived in the fifth century of our era, composed the last great epic poem of antiquity. The \u003ci\u003eDionysiaca\u003c\/i\u003e,  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  of Ariadne’s crown. The wild ecstasy inspired by the god is certainly  reflected in the poet’s style, which is baroque, extravagant, and  unrestrained. It seems that Nonnos was in later years converted to  Christianity, for in marked contrast to the \u003ci\u003eDionysiaca\u003c\/i\u003e, a poem  dealing unreservedly with classical myths and redolent of a pagan  outlook, there is extant and ascribed to him a hexameter paraphrase of  the Gospel of John.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Loeb Classical Library edition of the \u003ci\u003eDionysiaca\u003c\/i\u003e is in three volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450598601078,"sku":"9780674993914","price":24.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41275429.jpg?v=1779220221","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674993914-dionysiaca-volume-ii","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}