Nonnos. Dionysiaca, Volume II: Books 16-35.

568 Pages·1940·26.238 MB·English

by  W. H. D. Rouse

NONNOS
DIONYSIACA
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
W. H. D. ROUSE, LiTT.D.
MYTHOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY
H. J. ROSE, M.A.
PROFESSOR OF (VREEK, UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS
AND NOTES ON TEXT CRITICISM BY
L. R. LIND, D.LiTT.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND.
IN THREE VOLUMES
II
BOOKS XVI—XXXV
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME
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PAGE
Summary of the Books of the Poem . viii
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Text and Translation
Book XVI 2
Book XVII 32
Book XVIII 62
Book XIX 90
Book XX 116
Book XXI 146
Book XXII 172
Book XXIII 200
Book XXIV 224
Book XXV .250
Book XXVI 292
Book XXVII 320
Book XXVIII 346
Book XXIX 370
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SUMMARY OF THE BOOKS OF THE POEM
Headings of the next twenty Books
OF THE DiONYSIACA
(16) In the sixteenth, I sing Nicaia the bride, in her
sleep the bedfellow ofunresting Dionysos.
(17) In the seventeenth, I celebrate war's firstfruits,
and the waters ofa honey-trickling river turned
to wine.
(18) In the eighteenth come Staphylos and Botrys,
inviting the mountainranging son of Thyone
to a feast.
(19) In the nineteenth, Bacchos sets up a deUghtful
contest over the fragrant bowl about the tomb
ofStaphylos.
(20) The twentieth deals with the pole-axe ofblood-
thirsty Lycurgos, when Dionysos is chased into
the fishy deep.
(21) The twenty-first contains Earthshaker's wrath,
and the man-breaking battle of Ambrosia, and
the Indian ambush.
(22) The twenty-second celebrates the battle and
feats ofBromios, all the deeds ofAiacos both on
the plain and in the Hydaspes.
(23) In the twenty-third I sing Indian Hydaspes
crossed, andthe affrayofwaterand fire.
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SUMMARY OF BOOKS
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SUMMARY OF BOOKS
(24) The twenty-fourth has the infinite mourning of
the Indians, and the shuttle and distaff of
Aphrodite working at the loom.
(25) In the twenty-fifth you have the struggle of
Perseus, and the comparisoft of Heracles with
the valour of Dionysos.
(26) The twenty-sixth has the counterfeit shape of
Athena, and the great assembly of the Indian
host to stir up battle.
(27) The twenty-seventh deals with the array in
which Cronion musters the dwellers in Olympos
for battle to help Dionysos.
(28) Look at the twenty-eighth also, where you will
see a great fiery fight of Cyclopians.
(29) In the twenty-ninth. Ares retreats from the
battle, being urged to another wedding of
Cythereia.
(30) In the thirtieth, Eurymedon sends Tectaphos
slain to Hades, into the lowest house of con-
straint.
(31) In the thirty-first, Hera propitiates Sleep for
Cronides, and Persephone for Bacchos.
(32) In the thirty-second are battles, and the bed of
sleeping Zeus, and the madness ofBacchos.
(33) In the thirty-third, furious Love masters Mor-
rheus, and sets him aflame for the beauty of
Chalcomedeia.
(34) In the thirty-fourth, Deriades attacks and
massacres the Bacchantwomenwithin the walls.
(35) In the thirty-fifth, seekthe love of Morrheus for
the enemy, and the battle and bloodshed of
Bassarid women.
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