Argonautica

Apollonius Rhodius, William H. Race, William H. Race

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
31 January 2009

Poetry by individual poets; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: poetry & poets; History; Ancient Greek

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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.

This new edition of the first volume in the Loeb Classical Library offers a fresh translation and improved text.

By: Apollonius Rhodius
Translated by: William H. Race
Edited and translated by: William H. Race
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: No. 1
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 388g
ISBN: 9780674996304
ISBN 10: 0674996305
Series: Loeb Classical Library
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 31 January 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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