Jason and the Golden Fleece by Apollonius
The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous princess Medea. The only surviving Greek epic to bridge the gap between Homer and late antiquity, this epic poem is the crowning literary achievement of the Ptolemaic court at Alexandria, written by Appolonius of Rhodes in the third century BC. Appollonius explores many of the fundamental aspects of life in a highly original way: love, deceit, heroism, human ignorance of the divine, and the limits of science, and offers a gripping and sometimes disturbing tale in the process. This major new prose translation combines readability with accuracy and an attention to detail that will appeal to general readers and classicists alike.
Apollonius of Rhodes: - Apollonius of Rhodes was one of the great poets and scholars to serve at the Alexandrian Library in Ptolemaic Egypt, sometime in the 3rd Century BCE. His most famous work is the epic poem Argonautica, which tells of Jason and the Argonauts and their quest to find the Golden Fleece.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192824615 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192824619 |
| Title | Jason and the Golden Fleece |
| Author | Apollonius |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1995-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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