Argonautica

Name: Argonautica
Brand: Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press

The Greek epic account of the quest for the golden fleece.\nApollonius Rhodius\u2019 Argonautica, composed in the 3rd century BC, is the epic retelling of Jason\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\n\nApollonius Rhodius Argonautica (Trans. Race) (Greek)\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\;