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Nonnus

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Nonnos von Panopolis (griechisch Νόννος, latinisiert Nonnus) war ein spätantiker griechischer Dichter des fünften Jahrhunderts n. Chr. Nonnos scheint aus Achmim (Ägypten) zu stammen, wie sein Name andeutet, doch ist sonst wenig zu seiner Person bekannt. Er gilt als Verfasser der Dionysiaka (Διονυσιακά), des letzten großen griechischen Epos der Antike. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Nonnus is the 793rd most popular schriftsteller (down from 711th in 2024), the 157th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Egyptian Schriftsteller.

Nonnus is most famous for his epic poem Dionysiaca, which is a long narrative poem about the life of Dionysus.

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Among Schriftstellers

Among schriftstellers, Nonnus ranks 793 out of 7,302. Before him are Gnaeus Naevius, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Tao Yuanming, Jan Potocki, Edward Bernays, and Wang Wei. After him are Milorad Pavić, Dionysius Thrax, Marilyn vos Savant, Ryszard Kapuściński, Bar Hebraeus, and Jean Anouilh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Nonnus ranks 10. Before him are Pope Vigilius, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Basiliscus, Peroz I, Sigismund of Burgundy, and Rhadamistus. After him are Antipope Laurentius, Yazdegerd II, Ernak, Balash, Godomar II, and Ildico. Among people deceased in 500, Nonnus ranks 2. Before him is Buddhaghosa. After him are Zu Chongzhi, Vātsyāyana, Chandragupta II, Hierocles of Alexandria, Hesychius of Alexandria, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Aedesia, Anthemius, Charaton, and Asclepigenia.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Nonnus ranks 157 out of 642. Before him are Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria (1952), Necho I (-700), Sa'id of Egypt (1822), Psusennes I (-1100), Cleopatra I Syra (-204), and Senusret II (-1900). After him are Dionysius Thrax (-170), Ramesses IX (-1150), Intef I (-2200), Theophylact Simocatta (580), Smendes (-1200), and Dodi Fayed (1955).

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Among Schriftstellers In Egypt

Among schriftstellers born in Egypt, Nonnus ranks 10. Before him are Sayyid Qutb (1906), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Athenaeus (200), Lactantius (250), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), and Claudian (370). After him are Dionysius Thrax (-170), Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190), Taha Hussein (1889), Achilles Tatius (200), Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), and Ahmed Shawqi (1868).

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