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Apollonius of Rhodes

Jason and the Argonauts

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The first new Penguin Classics translation of the Argonautica since the 1950sNow in a riveting new verse translation, Jason and the Argonauts (also known as the Argonautica) is the only surviving full account of Jason's voyage on the Argo in quest of the Golden Fleece aided by the sorceress princess Medea. Written in the third century B.C., this epic story of one of the most beloved heroes of Greek mythology, with its combination of the fantastical and the real, its engagement with traditions of science, astronomy and medicine, winged heroes, and a magical vessel that speaks, is truly without parallel in classical or contemporary Greek litera… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Poochigian, Aaron (Übers.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-101-61680-2
  • EAN: 9781101616802
  • Produktnummer: 17999861
  • Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 272 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 1'394 KB

Über den Autor


Apollonius of Rhodes published his first version of the Argonautica sometime in the middle of the third century B.C. At the end of his life he was director of the famous Library of Alexandria, which was the principal storehouse of all pagan literature and learning. Aaron Poochigian, born in 1973, is a poet and an associated lecturer in Classics at The Ohio State University and has translated the Penguin Classics edition of Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments by Sappho, as well as works by Aeschylus and Aratus. He lives in New York City. Benjamin Acosta-Hughes is Professor of Greek and Latin at The Ohio State University. He is the author of several works of nonfiction, including Arion's Lyre: Archaic Lyric into Hellenistic Poetry.

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