The role assigned by the late antique poet Nonnus of Panopolis (mid fifth century CE) to Modaios king of the Indians, in a few passages of his huge poem Dyonisiaca, suggests the the choice of the character may be attributable to a connection between the Greek name of the king (Modaios) and the somewhat enigmatic MHDYS, a mid-fifth century king of Aksum, known only from numismatic evidence. The hypothesis open the way to further reflection on the role allusions to contemporary events play in Nonnus' poem as an evidence of a precise awareness about Aksum in Late Antique Egypt.

A New Evidence for King MḤDYS? / Agosti, Gianfranco; Bausi, Alessandro. - In: AETHIOPICA. - ISSN 1430-1938. - 23:(2020), pp. 201-212. [10.15460/aethiopica.23.0.1649]

A New Evidence for King MḤDYS?

Agosti, Gianfranco;Bausi, Alessandro
2020

Abstract

The role assigned by the late antique poet Nonnus of Panopolis (mid fifth century CE) to Modaios king of the Indians, in a few passages of his huge poem Dyonisiaca, suggests the the choice of the character may be attributable to a connection between the Greek name of the king (Modaios) and the somewhat enigmatic MHDYS, a mid-fifth century king of Aksum, known only from numismatic evidence. The hypothesis open the way to further reflection on the role allusions to contemporary events play in Nonnus' poem as an evidence of a precise awareness about Aksum in Late Antique Egypt.
2020
Nonnus of Panopolis; Aksum; Aethiopia; Late Antiquity
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A New Evidence for King MḤDYS? / Agosti, Gianfranco; Bausi, Alessandro. - In: AETHIOPICA. - ISSN 1430-1938. - 23:(2020), pp. 201-212. [10.15460/aethiopica.23.0.1649]
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