Apollonius of Rhodes: Argonautica Book IV

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Apollonius Of Rhodes

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

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Apollonius' epic, the Argonautica, is not just a masterpiece of Hellenistic poetry drawing on the entire tradition of previous Greek literature, but was enormously influential on Latin epic, especially Virgil's Aeneid. Book IV tells the story of the Argonauts' return to Greece with the Golden Fleece, their nightmarish trips through the uncharted rivers of central Europe and the desert wastes of North Africa, the terrible killing of Medea's brother, and the anguish of the young girl which foreshadows her bloody future. This is the first modern commentary in English. Problems of syntax and language are fully explained, and there is a sophisticated discussion of the poem as literature. It will be useful for advanced undergraduates and graduate students studying Greek poetry, as well as of interest to scholars.

Author Biography:

Richard Hunter is Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. He has published extensively in the fields of Greek and Latin literature; his most recent books include The Shadow of Callimachus (2006), Critical Moments in Classical Literature Cambridge, 2009), Plutarch: How to Study Poetry (edited with Donald Russell, Cambridge, 2011), Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature: The Silent Stream (2012), and Hesiodic Voices (2014).

Release date NZ

August 10th, 2015

Author

Apollonius Of Rhodes

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Contributor

Edited by Richard Hunter

Illustrations

1 maps

Pages

348

Series

Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Dimensions

139x216x18

ISBN-13

9781107636750

Product ID

22974831

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