Apollonius Rhodius’s Argonautica, composed in the 3rd century BCE, is the epic retelling of Jason’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 Alexander’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, exploration, human psychology, and, most of all, the coming of age and love affair of Jason and Medea. It greatly influenced Roman authors such as Catullus, Virgil, and Ovid, and was imitated by Valerius Flaccus.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, in 1 vol. / Loeb Classical Library
Loeb Classical Library 1, Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica. In one volume. Translated by R. C. Seaton.
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- Condition / Etat: very good, minor shelf wear, no dust jacket / très bon état, minimes traces d'usures, sans jaquette.
- Volumes : 1 volume.
- Binding / Reliure : original green titled cloth, cartonné.
- Format : In-16 / 17 x 11 cm.
- Pages : XVI, 431, 8 pp.
- Editor : Cambridge, Harvard University Press, London, Heinemann.
- Date : 1967.
- Language / Langue: Ancient Grec and English on opposite pages / Bilingue grec et anglais.
The Loeb Classical Library® is the only existing series of books which, through original text and English translation, gives access to all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. Epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; those Church fathers who made particular use of pagan culture—in short, our entire classical heritage is represented here in convenient and well-printed pocket volumes in which an up-to-date text and accurate and literate English translation face each other page by page. The editors provide substantive introductions as well as essential critical and explanatory notes and selective bibliographies.
| Condition | Used - Very Good |
|---|---|
| Language | United Kingdom |
| Illustrated | No |
| Publicaton Date | 1 Jan 1967 |
| Year | 1967 |
| Author / Cartographer / Photographer | Apollonius Rhodius |
| Editor | Harvard University Press |
| First edition | No |
| Signed edition | No |
| Signed binding | No |
| Armorial binding | No |
| Binding / Format | Hardcover |
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