The Argonautica (eBook)

Hellenistic Epic Poem

Apollonius Rhodius (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
138 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406639959-7 (EAN)

Infos

The Argonautica is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis. Their heroic adventures and Jason's relationship with the dangerous Colchian princess/sorceress Medea were already well known to Hellenistic audiences, which enabled Apollonius to go beyond a simple narrative, giving it a scholarly emphasis suitable to the times. It was the age of the great Library of Alexandria, and his epic incorporates his researches in geography, ethnography, comparative religion, and Homeric literature.

Autor

Apollonius of Rhodes was an ancient Greek author, best known for the Argonautica, an epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.8.2020
• Übersetzer: R. C. Seaton
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
• Schlagworte: Aeneid • Alexander the Great • Ancient Greek epic • celtic tales • Colchian princess • geographical research • Golden Fleece quest • Hellenistic literature • jason and the argonauts • Library of Alexandria • Medea's sorcery • Mythological voyage • Mythos • Scholarly epic poem • tears of the silenced • The Black Death • The Darkening Age • the odyssey • The Vine Witch • Wicca Book of Spells