Article ID: CBB001202044

Cosmic and Terrestrial Personifications in Nonnus' Dionysiaca (2013)

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Analysis of the personifications of cosmic and topographical elements in the Dionysiaca shows how they both contribute to the cosmic and literary décor of the poem and generate a visual geography of the lands visited by Dionysus.

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Authors & Contributors
Janni, Pietro
Fabiana Lopes da Silveira
Laurenza, Domenico
Revello, Manuela
Bilić, Tomislav
Lightfoot, Jane Lucy
Journals
Anthropozoologica
Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
MHNH (Revista Internacional de Investigación sobre Magia y Astrología Antiguas)
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Geographia antiqua
Apeiron: Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science
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Hempen Verlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
Franco Angeli
British Archaeological Reports
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Astronomy
Geography
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Spinoza, Baruch
Parmenides
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Manilius, Marcus
Linnaeus, Carolus
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18th century
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Greece
Rome (Italy)
Egypt
India
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