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Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica)

Apollonius of Rhodes

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The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous princess Medea. The only surviving Greek epic to bridge the gap between Homer and late antiquity, this epic poem is the crowning literary achievement of the Ptolemaic court at Alexandria, written by Appolonius of Rhodes in the third century BC. Appollonius explores many of the fundamental aspects of life in a highly original way: love, deceit, heroism, human ignorance of the divine, and the limits of science, and offers a gripping and sometimes disturbing tale in the process. This major new prose translation combines readability with accuracy and an attention to detail that will appeal to general readers and classicists alike.

Format:

Pages:: 175 pages

Publication:: 1998

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Edition:: Oxford World's Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0192835831

ISBN13:: 9780192835833

kindle Asin:: B00A7LNJAK

Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica)

Apollonius of Rhodes

3.83/5 (7976 ratings)

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The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous princess Medea. The only surviving Greek epic to bridge the gap between Homer and late antiquity, this epic poem is the crowning literary achievement of the Ptolemaic court at Alexandria, written by Appolonius of Rhodes in the third century BC. Appollonius explores many of the fundamental aspects of life in a highly original way: love, deceit, heroism, human ignorance of the divine, and the limits of science, and offers a gripping and sometimes disturbing tale in the process. This major new prose translation combines readability with accuracy and an attention to detail that will appeal to general readers and classicists alike.

Format:

Pages:: 175 pages

Publication:: 1998

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Edition:: Oxford World's Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0192835831

ISBN13:: 9780192835833

kindle Asin:: B00A7LNJAK

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