Dionysiaca

E481667
ancient Greek epic poem literary work

Dionysiaca is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Nonnus of Panopolis, that recounts the life, exploits, and triumphs of the god Dionysus in 48 books.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dionysiaca canonical 1
Dionysiaca (Nonnus) 1
Dionysiaca by Nonnus 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek epic poem ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
associatedWith Nonnus’ Paraphrase of the Gospel of John NERFINISHED ⓘ
attributedTo Nonnus of Panopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Nonnus of Panopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCharacter Ariadne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentheus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Semele NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext Greek-speaking Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
hasPart Book 1 ⓘ
Book 2 ⓘ
Book 3 ⓘ
Book 4 ⓘ
Book 48 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book 5 ⓘ
influencedBy Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Homeric epics NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm hexameter epic ⓘ
literaryMovement late antique pagan epic ⓘ
literaryTradition Greek literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Dionysus NERFINISHED ⓘ
meter dactylic hexameter ⓘ
mythologicalCycle Dionysian myth ⓘ
narrativeFocus Dionysus’ campaign in India ⓘ
apotheosis of Dionysus ⓘ
birth of Dionysus ⓘ
numberOfBooks 48 ⓘ
period Late Antiquity ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscripts ⓘ
religiousContext Greco-Roman polytheism ⓘ
setting India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olympus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject exploits of Dionysus ⓘ
life of Dionysus ⓘ
triumphs of Dionysus ⓘ
survivesAs complete text ⓘ
theme divine power ⓘ
ecstasy and madness ⓘ
transformation ⓘ
war and conquest ⓘ
wine and revelry ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aeneas → notableWork → Dionysiaca ⓘ
Giants → sourceText → Dionysiaca ⓘ
subject surface form: Giants (Greek mythology)
this entity surface form: Dionysiaca by Nonnus
Anchises → appearsIn → Dionysiaca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dionysiaca (Nonnus)
Nysa → mentionedIn → Dionysiaca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nonnus’ Dionysiaca