Ancora su Nonno e la poesia oracolare

Ancora su Nonno e la poesia oracolare

The main question discussed in this paper concerns the relationship between the oracular poetry of the imperial age and the Greek late-antique Epic, with particular regard to Nonnus of Panopolis. Many parallels are listed between theological oracles – drawn from Porph...

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Main Author: Daria Gigli Piccardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ENS Éditions 2012-07-01
Series:Aitia : Regards sur la Culture Hellénistique au XXIe Siècle
Subjects:
Homeric exegesis
Neoplatonic philosophy
Nonnus' Dyonisiaca and Paraphrasis of St. John's Evangile
oracular poetry
Theosophy Tubingensis'commentaries
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/486
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Summary:The main question discussed in this paper concerns the relationship between the oracular poetry of the imperial age and the Greek late-antique Epic, with particular regard to Nonnus of Panopolis. Many parallels are listed between theological oracles – drawn from Porphyry’s Philosophia ex oraculis haurienda and the Theosophia Tubingensis – and Nonnus’ two poems. A special attention has been paid to the commentaries wich follow the oracles in the Theosophy: it is very probable that they were compiled in the same Alexandrian cultural milieu in which Nonnus operated.
ISSN:1775-4275

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