Nonnus' Paraphrase Between Poetry, Rhetoric and Theology - Rewriting the Fourth Gospel in the Fifth Century

This book offers an analysis of the paraphrastic techniques which Nonnus employs for rendering St. John's Gospel in Homerising verse. The study examines the poem's dependence on ancient rhetorical theory, its aesthetics and its dialogue with theology

About the author

Maria Ypsilanti holds a PhD from University College London and is Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at the University of Cyprus. Her publications include the monographs The Epigrams of Crinagoras of Mytilene (Oxford University Press 2018) and Τριφιοδώρου Ἰλίου Ἅλωσις (Ἀθήνα, Στιγμή 2019) and many articles. Laura Franco holds a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London and is Research Assistant at the Hellenic Institute of the same college. She has published several articles on Symeon Metaphrastes and on female Byzantine saints and stylite saints. Her publications include Vita di Costantino (Italian translation, Milan 2009) and Cinque sante bizantine. Storie di travestite, cortigiane, imperatrici (Milan 2017).

Product details

• Authors: Laura Franco, Maria Ypsilanti
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2020
• EAN: 9789004373419
• ISBN: 978-90-04-37341-9
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 239 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 599 g
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity