Nonnus
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Ancient Greek epic poet
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Nonnus of Panopolis was the most notable Greek epic poet of the Imperial Roman era. He was a native of Panopolis in the Egyptian Thebaid and probably lived in the 5th century CE. He is known as the composer of the Dionysiaca, an epic tale of the god Dionysus, and of the Metabole, a paraphrase of the Gospel of John. The epic Dionysiaca describes the life of Dionysus, his expedition to India, and his triumphant return. It was written in Homeric Greek and in dactylic hexameter, and it consists of 48 books at 20,426 lines.
