{"product_id":"dionysiaca-volume-1-hardcover","title":"Dionysiaca: Volume 1 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Whitmarsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNonnus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNonnus of Panopolis's \u003ci\u003eDionysiaca\u003c\/i\u003e is the longest and most ambitious epic poem to survive from Greco-Roman antiquity. Written by an Egyptian Christian in the fifth century CE, this stunning mythological adventure explores the birth, upbringing, exploits, and ultimate apotheosis of the god Dionysus, including his establishment of mystery cults, discovery of the vine, conquest of India, and troubling relationships with mortal women. Its 48 books offer a portrait, viewed through a Dionysiac lens, of pagan polytheism in its entirety, a multifaceted mythical system that, despite the Christianization of the Roman Empire, retained its grip on the imagination in Nonnus's day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This new translation renders Nonnus's extraordinary poetic achievement into elegant but accessible English. It includes a substantial introduction and an extensive glossary of names and places. The last great pagan epic of classical antiquity, the \u003ci\u003eDionysiaca \u003c\/i\u003econtains unparalleled insights into late antique attitudes to religion, the Greek literary tradition, sexuality, race, and the body. It tells the richest story possible of the transition between the pagan epic tradition and late antique Christianity.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nonnus's \u003ci\u003eDionysiaca\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the great translation challenges of ancient Greek literature, for its vast scale and its extraordinary linguistic extravagance. This new version brilliantly combines clarity with flamboyance. It has the potential to open up Nonnus's astonishing poem to a whole new generation of readers.\"--Jason K?nig, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Finally, Nonnus's \u003ci\u003eDionysiaca\u003c\/i\u003e is now fully accessible to a modern audience! The translators, leading scholars of ancient Greek, have brilliantly rendered this sweeping mythological saga of everything related to Dionysus into elegant, exceptionally clear poetic English. A wonderfully rewarding read!\"--Jackie Murray, Associate Professor of Classics, SUNY University at Buffalo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A sensational publication: a clear and very readable translation of Nonnus's extraordinary biography of the Greek god Dionysus and his war with India.\"--Helen Morales, author of \u003ci\u003eAntigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nonnus has often eluded even the keenest classicists, but no longer: this mighty collaboration of translators has brought the huge and sometimes unwieldy \u003ci\u003eDionysiaca\u003c\/i\u003e into its most readable form to date. Tim Whitmarsh's introduction is the epitome of scholarly precision, and he continues to make an unarguable case for Greek writing in the late Roman Empire, an area that has been overlooked for much too long.\"--Natalie Haynes, author of \u003ci\u003eDivine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Whitmarsh, FBA\u003c\/b\u003e, is Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity College. A specialist in the literature, culture, and religion of ancient Greece, he is author of 10 books and 120 academic articles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 726\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53522198102323,"sku":"9780520281301","price":178.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/7RoPLQFDrd9780520281301.webp?v=1781966756","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/dionysiaca-volume-1-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}