Description
Book SynopsisProvides the first English verse translation of one of the most extraordinary poems of the Greek literary tradition, the
Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis. The
Dionysiaca is by far the longest poem surviving from the classical world, a massive mythological epic stretching to over 20,000 lines, written in the tradition of Homer.
Table of Contents
- Editors’ Preface: William Levitan and Stanley Lombardo
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Gordon Braden
- Summary of the Poem
- The Poem
- Book 1:Douglass Parker
- Book 2:Douglass Parker
- Book 2 (continued):William Levitan
- Book 3:Joseph Harrington
- Book 4:Judith Roitman
- Book 5:Rob Turner
- Book 6:Brian Walters
- Book 7:Christian Teresi
- Book 8:Frederick Ahl
- Book 9:Anne Shaw
- Book 10:Michael Shaw
- Book 11:Darwin Michener-Rutledge
- Book 12:John L. Gronbeck-Tedesco
- Book 13:Mike Lala
- Book 14:Michael B. Lippman
- Book 15:John L. Gronbeck-Tedesco
- Book 16:Rachel Hadas
- Book 17:Catherine Anderson
- Book 18:Tessa Cavagnero
- Book 19:Sheila H. Murnaghan
- Book 20:Andrew W. Barrett
- Book 21:Zachary Puckett
- Book 22:Richard Jenkyns
- Book 23:Anne Carson
- Book 24:Gordon Braden
- Book 25:Alex Dressler
- Book 26:Darwin Michener-Rutledge
- Book 27:Melina McClure
- Book 28:Denise Low and Eileen R. Tabios
- Book 29:Adrienne Atkins
- Book 30:Alison R. Parker
- Book 31:David Fredrick and Rachel Murray
- Book 32:Joseph Harrington
- Book 33:Adrienne Atkins
- Book 34:Anna Mayersohn
- Book 35:Maryrose Larkin
- Book 36:Rebekah Curry
- Book 37:Jonathan Mayhew
- Book 38:Denise Low
- Book 39:Anthony Corbeill
- Book 40:Deborah H. Roberts
- Book 41:Diane Arnson Svarlien
- Book 42:Charles-Elizabeth Boyles
- Book 43:Bethany Christiansen
- Book 44:Tessa Cavagnero
- Book 45:Anna Mayersohn
- Book 46:Melina McClure
- Book 47:Cyrus Console
- Book 48:Stanley Lombardo
- On Translating Nonnus
- Notes on Contributors
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Glossary of Personal Names
