Vol. 47 (2021): XLVII - 2021
Articoli

L’asino: animale messianico e dionisiaco in Nonno, Par. Jo. M 61-69

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  • Martino Donati

Published 2021-06-21

Keywords

  • Nonnus of Panopolis,
  • Paraphrasis of the Gospel of St. John,
  • triumphal entry into Jerusalem,
  • donkey,
  • Dionysiac-Christian syncretism
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Abstract

This paper offers a philological and exegetical analysis of Nonnus par. Jo. 12.61-69. In the light of Just. 1 apol. 54.6-7 and dial. 53.1-4, 69.2, of [Opp.] C. 4.244-256, and of Nonn. D. 14.247-259, it is argued that Nonnus describes the donkey which Jesus rides during his trium­phal entry into Jerusalem (Jo. 12.13-15) both as a messianic and a Dionysiac animal.

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