Jason and the Argonauts - Apollonius of Rhodes

Now 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 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 exact parallel in classical or contemporary Greek literature and is now available in an accessible and engaging translation. 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 literature and learning at the time. 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.

TITLE: Jason and the Argonauts

AUTHOR: Apollonius of Rhodes

SKU: 9780143106869

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 27/11/2014

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 384

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English;Greek Ancient (to 1453)

DIMENSIONS: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm

WEIGHT: 218 gr