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Nonnos II: Dionysiaca, Books 16-35 (Loeb Classical Library, #354) - Community Reviews back

by W.H.D. Rouse, Nonnus of Panopolis
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Opinions of Saturn rated it 9 years ago
In my review of the first volume of the DIONYSIACA, I stated that the book felt like a poor man's rendition of Homer and Ovid. As it turns out, I complained far too soon—Nonnus is clearly parodying the epics of old, and infusing it with an utter cynicism that makes manifest one of the greatest criti...
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