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{{short description|5th-century Greek epic poet}}
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'''Nonnus of Panopolis''' ({{langx|grc|Νόννος ὁ Πανοπολίτης}}, ''Nónnos ho Panopolítēs'', {{flourished}} 5th century AD) was the most notable [[Greeks|Greek]] epic poet of the [[Roman Empire|Imperial Roman era]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nonnus {{!}} Greek poet|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nonnus|access-date=2021-10-06|website=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]|language=en|quote=Nonnus, (flourished 5th century AD, b. Panopolis, Egypt), the most notable Greek epic poet of the Roman period.}}</ref> He was a native of [[Panopolis]] (Akhmim) in the [[Roman Egypt|Egyptian]] [[Thebaid]] and probably lived in the 5th century AD. He is known as the composer of the ''[[Dionysiaca]]'', an epic tale of the god [[Dionysus]], and of the ''Metabole'', a paraphrase of the ''[[Gospel of John]]''. The epic ''Dionysiaca'' describes the life of Dionysus, his expedition to India, and his triumphant return. It was written in [[Homeric Greek]] and in [[dactylic hexameter]], and it consists of 48 books at 20,426 lines.