Argonautiques
by Liberman, Gauthier, Valerius Flaccus, Gaius
fromCollection des universites de France
by Liberman, Gauthier, Valerius Flaccus, Gaius
fromCollection des universites de France
by Hunter, R. L., (Richard L.), Apollonius,, Rhodius
fromCambridge Greek and Latin classics
"Apollonius Rhodius's Argonautica, composed in the third century B.C.E., is the epic retelling of Jason's quest for the golden fleece. Along with his contemporaries Callimachus and Theocritus, Apollonius refashioned Greek poetry to meet the interests and aesthetics of a Hellenis…
Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica, composed in the third century BCE, is an epic retelling of Jason's quest for the golden fleece. It greatly influenced Roman authors such as Catullus, Virgil, and Ovid, and was imitated by Valerius Flaccus.