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Apollonius of Rhodes: Argonautica Book IV

By Richard Hunter

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
1107063515, 9781107063518
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6335459 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Pages
352\175
Time added
2020-09-01 17:22:32

Description

Apollonius' epic, the Argonautica, is not just a masterpiece of Hellenistic poetry drawing on the entire tradition of previous Greek literature, but was enormously influential on Latin epic, especially Virgil's Aeneid. Book IV tells the story of the Argonauts' return to Greece with the Golden Fleece, their nightmarish trips through the uncharted rivers of central Europe and the desert wastes of North Africa, the terrible killing of Medea's brother, and the anguish of the young girl which foreshadows her bloody future. This is the first modern commentary in English. Problems of syntax and language are fully explained, and there is a sophisticated discussion of the poem as literature. It will be useful for advanced undergraduates and graduate students studying Greek poetry, as well as of interest to scholars.

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