The Loeb Classical Library: Dionysiaca, Volume I : Books 1–15

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The Loeb Classical Library: Dionysiaca, Volume I : Books 1–15Nonnos 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 of Ariadnes crown. The wild ecstasy

Στο διπλό ιστό

in three books

” His epic stood next after Virgil’s in the estimation of antiquity

θεά της ομορφιάς και του έρωτα

Historical also are his Lives of the Abbots of his monastery

Thirty years later Ausonius was called by Emperor Valentinian to be tutor to Gratian

and constantly surrounding yourself with rabid supporters

The splendid achievement of Greek mathematics is here illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works

Η ανθρώπινη φωνή της Άλκης Ζέη

few would have guessed that the splintering kingdoms of Europe were candidates for future greatness

The second book is a typically varied yet taut suite of miniatures

who provides one of the best examples of the 'cunning slave' of Roman comedy