About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Audio Book
Publisher: Penguin/Highbridge, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781565111363ISBN:1565111362
Description: New. Four audio cassettes Brand New in the shrink wrap box. Includes a booklet. NEW factory sealed. Enjoy this audio performance! read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780674996304ISBN:0674996305
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 464 pages. Drawing on the preceding literary traditions of epic, lyric, and tragedy, this book creates a complex narrative that includes geography, religion, ethnography, mythology, adventure, exploration, human psychology, and the coming of age and love affair of jason and medea. 5 maps (Hardback) read more
Binding: Audiobook cassette
Publisher: HighBridge Audio
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781565111363ISBN:1565111362
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Tapes clean and smudge free, cover is waterdamaged and soiled, else very good. 4 cassettes. Highbridge Classics. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 1565111362 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: New. 1565111362 Absolutely Brand New. No marks and in pristine condition. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780674996304ISBN:0674996305
Description: New. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 544 p. Contains: Illustrations. Loeb Classical Library, 1N. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780674996304ISBN:0674996305
Description: New. Drawing on the preceding literary traditions of epic, lyric, and tragedy, this book creates a complex narrative that includes geography, religion, ethnography, mythology, adventure, exploration, human psychology, and the coming of age and love affair... read more
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