Dionysus as an epic hero?

This study is the result of a year of master’s research entitled The heroic face of Dionysus in Dionysiaca of Nonnus from Panopolis. The present work aims to recover the influences in the composition of Nonnus’ epic and the design of its protagonist, Dionysus. The god, who was once portrayed as a de...

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Autor: Oliveira de Lima, Paulo Henrique
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)
Repositorio:Rónai
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufjf.br:article/23041
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/ronai/article/view/23041
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:late epic
Dionysiaca
Dionysus
épica tardia
Dionisíacas
Dioniso
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Sumario:This study is the result of a year of master’s research entitled The heroic face of Dionysus in Dionysiaca of Nonnus from Panopolis. The present work aims to recover the influences in the composition of Nonnus’ epic and the design of its protagonist, Dionysus. The god, who was once portrayed as a deity of wine and drama, is portrayed in Dionysiaca as a hero whose mission is to spread Hellenism worldwide. The author builds a Dionysus who not only has epic characteristics, but characteristics of all ancient Greek literature.