This region was home to the author of the 48-book Dionysiaca, the last epic written in Ancient Greek.
This region was home to the author of the 48-book Dionysiaca, the last epic written in Ancient Greek. A mythical king of this place sacrificed foreign travelers to avert famine until Heracles broke from chains and killed him. In this home of Nonnus and the mythical Busiris, the gods turned into animals while fleeing from Typhon. Hypermnestra refused to kill a suitor from this place, which was once ruled by Epaphus, the son of Io. This place, named for a king who had forty-nine of his fifty sons murdered by the Danaids, included temples to the syncretic god Serapis. On his return from Troy, Menelaus wrestled the shape-shifting Proteus in this region before sailing north again. For 10 points, name this region containing Pharos, where ethnic Greeks syncretized Typhon with Set and learned about Isis.
This region was home to the author of the 48-book Dionysiaca, the last epic written in Ancient Greek.
Egypt [or Aegyptus; prompt on answers such as "Pharos" or the "Nile Delta"; do not prompt on \"Africa\" or "Libya" or "Ethiopia" at any point]