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The Argonautica: A Greek Epic Poem

The Argonautica: A Greek Epic Poem

Seaton, R. C.
Rhodius, Apollonius

Paperback

Series: The Argonautica - Jason and the Argonauts

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1979665400
ISBN13: 9781979665407
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Nov 12 2017
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.18 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English

The Argonautica

By Apollonius Rhodius

(fl. 3rd Century B.C.)

Originally written in Ancient Greek sometime in the 3rd Century B.C. by the Alexandrian poet Apollonius Rhodius (Apollonius the Rhodian). Translation by R.C. Seaton, 1912.

The Argonautica is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis. Their heroic adventures and Jason's relationship with the dangerous Colchian princess/sorceress Medea were already well known to Hellenistic audiences, which enabled Apollonius to go beyond a simple narrative, giving it a scholarly emphasis suitable to the times. It was the age of the great Library of Alexandria, and his epic incorporates his researches in geography, ethnography, comparative religion, and Homeric literature. However, his main contribution to the epic tradition lies in his development of the love between hero and heroine - he seems to have been the first narrative poet to study the pathology of love. His Argonautica had a profound impact on Latin poetry: it was translated by Varro Atacinus and imitated by Valerius Flaccus; it influenced Catullus and Ovid; and it provided Virgil with a model for his Roman epic, the Aeneid.

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