Nonnus of Panopolis

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ancient Greek poet epic poet late antique poet

Nonnus of Panopolis was a 5th-century Greek poet best known for his epic "Dionysiaca," the longest surviving poem from ancient Greek literature.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nonnus	1
Nonnus of Panopolis canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek poet ⓘ epic poet ⓘ late antique poet ⓘ
activity	reworking pagan myth in a Christian era ⓘ
associatedWith	Panopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Thebes (Egypt) NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Panopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Panopolis, Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalContext	post-Constantinian Roman Empire ⓘ
culturalContext	Christianized Roman Empire ⓘ
era	Byzantine period ⓘ late Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
floruit	5th century ⓘ
genre	biblical paraphrase ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ
hasTheme	Christian scripture (in the Paraphrase of John) ⓘ Dionysian myth ⓘ gods and heroes of Greek mythology ⓘ
hasWorkIn	48 books of the Dionysiaca ⓘ Greek New Testament tradition ⓘ
influenced	Byzantine poetry ⓘ later epic traditions in Greek ⓘ
influencedBy	Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	composing the Dionysiaca ⓘ writing the longest surviving poem in ancient Greek literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryPeriod	late antique Greek literature ⓘ
metricalForm	dactylic hexameter ⓘ
movement	late antiquity ⓘ
name	Nonnus of Panopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
notableWork	Dionysiaca NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraphrase of the Gospel of John ⓘ
occupation	poet ⓘ writer ⓘ
region	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
style	highly ornate hexameter ⓘ
subjectOf	Dionysus NERFINISHED ⓘ scholarly debate on his religious identity ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork	first half of the 5th century ⓘ mid-5th century ⓘ
work	Dionysiaca NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraphrase of the Gospel of John NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Aeneas → creator → Nonnus of Panopolis ⓘ

Telchines → sourceMention → Nonnus of Panopolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nonnus