Διονυσιακά actually had a moment where Dionysus conquered India, it wasn't even expedition

Anonymous
09/19/25(Fri)10:53:08
>The Dionysiaca 1$ an epic poem
from antiquity in 48 books, the
longest surviving poem from Greco-
Roman antiquity at 20,426 lines,
composed in Homeric dialect and
dactylic hexameters, the main
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subject of which is the life of
Dionysus, his expedition to India,
and his triumphant return to the west.
>The most interesting thing about it is not the poem
itself, but the circumstances of when it was written. It
was composed in the century (which is quite late)
and was written Nonnus, who was supposedly a
Christian.
Why does the Dionysiaca barely receive any scholarly
attention? You’re telling me that this poem, the longest
surviving Greek mythological epic, which was not only
composed very late but a Christian, barely receives
any attention? It was only translated to English in 1940