Jason and the Golden Fleece : (The Argonautica) (Oxford World's Classics)
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Book Description
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.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek
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Jason and the Golden Fleece: (The Argonautica) (Oxford World's Classics),Apollonius of Rhodes,Richard Hunter,Oxford University Press, USA,0192835831,Ancient and Classical,Argonauts (Greek mythology),Epic poetry, Greek,Fiction - General,Folklore & Mythology,General,Jason (Greek mythology),Literary Criticism,Literature: Classics,Poetry,Translations into English,Classical Studies | Classical Literature in Translation,Hellenic languages,Other prose: classical, early & medieval,Poetry texts & anthologies,Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
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