C. Valeri Flacci Setini Balbi Argonauticon Libri Octo (1871) (Latin Edition)

C. Valeri Flacci Setini Balbi Argonauticon Libri Octo est opus po�����ticum in octo libris a Flacco, Gaius Valerius scriptum. In hoc libro, auctor narrat fabulam Argonautarum, qui cum Iasone in navem Argo navigant ut aureum vellus ab Aea, regina Colchidis, petant. Poema est inter primos liberos Romanorum, quod de Argonautis scribitur, et est notum propter suam elegantiam et artem. Editio huius libri, anno 1871 impressa est.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Very little is known of the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Flaccus' life, but he may have died about ad 90, because Quintilian mourns his recent death in his Institutio oratoria, a work written before ad 96. The ARGONAUTICA, his only surviving work, is an epic poem in hexameter verse, dedicated to the Emperor Vespasian. It describes the famous voyage of the ship Argo in which Jason and other heroes sailed to Colchis to bring the Golden Fleece back to Thessaly. The poem breaks off in Book VIII with Medea begging Jason not to send her back to Colchis. The poet may have died at this point, or the end of Book VIII may have been lost in the course of the epic's transmission.