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Apollonius Rhodius
Apollonius Of Rhodes
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Hardcover. 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. Editor(s): Race, William H. Translator(s): Race, William H. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 464 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 118 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
Loeb Classical Library
Condition
New
Weight
388g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9780674996304
SKU
V9780674996304
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About Apollonius Of Rhodes
William H. Race is Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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