CAMPAIGN OF THE
ANCIENT GREEKS
Nonnus (5th century BC) was a Greek epic poet. Born in Panopolin, Egypt, his name is Egyptian and means pure, holy. He is the composer of the biggest epic poem of ancient times titled ‘Dionisiaka’ (Dionisyan) and it consists of 21,000 verses which are contained in 48 books (rhapsodies) that remind one of the equally numbered rhapsodies of the Iliad and Odyssey combined.
The contents of this voluminous work refers to the adventures of Dionysus (hence the title) from his birth, till his apotheosis.
