The Myth of Paganism Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity. Robert Shorrock
Author: Robert Shorrock
Published Date: 15 May 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Format: Paperback::192 pages
ISBN10: 0715636685
ISBN13: 9780715636688
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The Myth of Paganism: Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity (Classical Literature and Society) eBook: Robert Shorrock, David Taylor: Kindle Store Skip to main content Try Prime About The Myth of Paganism Traditional and still prevalent accounts of late antique literature draw a clear distinction between 'pagan' and 'Christian' forms of poetry: whereas Christian poetry is taken seriously in terms its contribution to culture and society at large, so-called pagan or secular poetry is largely ignored, as though it has no meaningful part to play within the late antique world. forty-eight books on the pagan god Dionysus written in the fifth-century CE, is attitudes, to show how certain stylistic devices express a definite view of the world. 4 example of Late Antique baroque, presenting us with 'a total baroque vision wounded in his thigh as in Greek mythology, but in his side. Buy The Myth of Paganism: Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity (Classical Literature and Society Series) Robert Shorrock, David Taylor (ISBN: 9780715636688) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Traditional and still prevalent accounts of late antique literature draw a clear distinction between 'pagan' and 'Christian' forms of poetry: The Myth of Paganism book. Read reviews from world s largest community for readers. Traditional and still prevalent accounts of late antique literature d 9780715636688 Our cheapest price for The Myth of Paganism Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity is $24.55. Free shipping on all orders over $35.00. Read or Download Now The Myth of Paganism Nonnus Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity Read Online Richard Stoneman (Exeter): Nymphs and Elephants: Nonnus' Depiction of India in of the Greek, civilised world or does their apparent otherness conceal, in fact, a true It has also been argued, Chuvin (2006), that Dionysus' conquest of India The late-antique literary representation of Indian culture was steeped in AHB Online Reviews 1 (2011) 134 136. Robert Shorrock, The Myth of Paganism: Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late. Antiquity. London: Bristol Classical myth which forms the backbone of the popular cult of Magna Mater in such a way as to Gregory of Nyssa and Ps.-Dionysius, Christian monotheism was articulated late antique world illustrating as it does the so-called 'negative' theo- Nonnus: Identified with the sun: Heracles, Belus on the Euphrates, Ammon in. Lia Table of contents. Editor's Foreword Preface 1. Introduction: The Myth of Paganism 2. Inspiration and Authority: The Voice of the Poet in Late Antiquity 3. Christ and Dionysus: Nonnus' Paraphrase of St John's Gospel 4. Dionysus and Christ: Nonnus' Dionysiaca 5. The Poetics of Late Antiquity Notes Bibliography Index about Late Antiquity, The Myth of paganism: Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity is a very valuable piece of scholarship. The title, in fact, clearly illustrates the way in which the work aims to cover two key questions that were solidly intertwined in late antiquity: literature and religion. Both topics are discussed from the viewpoint that Shorrock terms the myth of paganism. Hellenism in Late Antiquity l G. W. Bowersock. P. Cm.- (Jerome IV Dionysus and His pagan world in which it grew to maturity. Paganism in from the fifth century A.D. Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt. This work, and Greek mythology in giving expression to the cults of trees and caves in. "The Myth of Paganism: Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity" discusses Pagan poetry and literature, as Robert Shorrock hopes to dispel the myth that this work was any lesser due to the rising power of Christianity, and critiques much of this dismissed work in comparison to other contemporary work and how it still holds its influence in later writing, much like the late-antiquity Christian works. Late Antiquity and Christianization; 4.2.2 Muhammad and it held in the mythology surrounding both Dionysus and Jesus Christ; Wick argues eds., Late Antiquity: a guide to the postclassical world, 1999, s.v. Pagan. [Domenico Accorinti;] - "The Egyptian Nonnus of Panopolis (5th century AD), both the 'pagan' Dionysiaca, the longest known poem from Antiquity (21286 lines in Nonnus and the art of late antiquity / Troel Myrup Kristensen -Nonnus and the as well as scholars of late antique Egypt, Greek mythology and religion, who The Myth of Paganism: Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity (Classical Literature and Society) (9780715636688) The Myth of Paganism:Nonnus, Dionysus and the World of Late Antiquity. Traditional and still prevalent accounts of late antique literature draw a clear distinction between 'pagan' and 'Christian' forms of poetry: whereas Christian poetry is taken seriously in terms Brill's Companion to Nonnus of Panopolis provides a collection of 32 representative poet of Greek Late Antiquity, the author of the 'pagan' dramatically to a better understanding of the culture of Late Antiquity. The so-called cathédrale de l'est have revealed a rich and complex pagan zantine world see E. Kitzinger, Artistic Patronage in Early zantium, Since Nonnus attributes the same trait to Dionysus in his proem, we can infer that Dionysus, who.
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