This 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.
- | Author: Nonnos, W. H. D. Rouse
- | Publisher: Harvard University Press
- | Publication Date: Jan 01, 1940
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- | Language: eng
- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9780674993938
- | ISBN-10: 0674993934