Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica)

of Apollonius of Rhodes, Richard L. Hunter (Translator)

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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.

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Classics Classics Mythology Poetry Fiction Fantasy Epic Greece Literature Adventure Ancient

Main Characters

Achilles (Greek hero) Athena (Greek goddess) Orpheus Medea of Colchis Castor Pollux Hylas Atalanta Chiron Peleus Pelias Telamon Heracles Boreads Philoctetes Euphemus Jason the Argonaut Aietes Hypsipyle

Book Details

Format Paperback
Pages 175 pages
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication Date 1998
First Publication 11/06/50
Language English
ISBN 9780192835833
Edition Oxford World's Classics
Category Fiction
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