Nonnus' Paraphrase between Poetry, Rhetoric and Theology : Rewriting the Fourth Gospel in the Fifth Century (Mnemosyne, Supplements / Mnemosyne, Supplements, Late Antique Literature)

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