Jason and the Golden Fleece: (The Argonautica) (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Apollonius Of Rhodes; Hunter, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199538727 ISBN 13: 9780199538720

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous princess Medea. The only surviving Greek epic to bridge the gap between Homer and late antiquity, this epic poem is the crowning literary achievement of the Ptolemaic court at Alexandria, written by Appolonius of Rhodes in the third century BC. Appollonius explores many of the fundamental aspects of life in a highly original way: love, deceit, heroism, human ignorance of the divine, and the limits of science, and offers a gripping and sometimes disturbing tale in the process. This major new prose translation combines readability with accuracy and an attention to detail that will appeal to general readers and classicists alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Hunter is a Fellow of Pembroke College, and University Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge.

Review:

"Based on a deep understanding of the text, this translation, with informative notes and an excellent introduction, will bring Apollonius to the audience he deserves...."

--(TLS)

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199538727
• ISBN 13: 9780199538720
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 175