{"product_id":"argonautica","title":"Argonautica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Apollonius Rhodius\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Argonautica\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 0000-00-00\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e The Greek epic account of the quest for the golden fleece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApollonius Rhodius' Argonautica, composed in the 3rd century BC, 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 Hellenistic audience, especially that of Alexandria in the Ptolemaic period following Alexander's death. In this carefully crafted work of 5,835 hexameter verses in four books, the author draws on the preceding literary traditions of epic (Homer), lyric (Pindar), and tragedy (especially Euripides) but creates an innovative and complex narrative that includes geography, religion, ethnography, mythology, adventure, exploration, human psychology, and, most of all, the coming of age and love affair of Jason and Medea. It greatly influenced Roman authors such as Catullus, Virgil, and Ovid, and was imitated by Valerius Flaccus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition of the first volume in the Loeb Classical Library offers a fresh translation and improved text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674996304\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 6.75 Inches, Length: 4.5 Inches, Weight: 0.85539357656 Pounds, Width: 1.25 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apollonius Rhodius","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51864408031539,"sku":"9780674996304","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/8464923482428.jpg?v=1754226095","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/argonautica","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}