Argonautica

Name: Argonautica
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ISBN: 9780674996304

ISBN-10: 0674996305

ISBN-13: 9780674996304

Edition: 2008

Authors: Apollonius Apollonius Rhodius, William H. Race

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Apollonius Rhodiusrsquo;s Argonautica, composed in the 3rd century BCE , is the epic retelling of Jasonrsquo;s quest for the golden fleece. Along with his contemporaries Callimachus and Theocritus, Apollonius refashioned Greek poetry to meet the interests and aesthetics of a Hellenistic audience, especially that of Alexandria in the Ptolemaic period following Alexanderrsquo;s death. In this carefully crafted work of 5,835 hexameter verses in four books, the author draws on the preceding literary traditions of epic (Homer), lyric (Pindar), and tragedy (especially Euripides) but creates an innovative and complex narrative that includes geography, religion, ethnography, mythology, adventure,…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/31/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 4.25" wide x 6.57" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

William Race is Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.



Preface


Introduction


Plot Summary


Bibliography Maps


Genealogy Argonautica


Book 1


Book 2


Book 3


Book 4


Fragments


Index