Name: The Argonautica of Apollonius
SKU: 19218584
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Author: Hunter, R. L.
ISBN: 9780521604383

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Author

R. L. Hunter

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2005

Language

English

Pages

220

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.3 cm

Weight

0.33 kg.

ISBN

0521604389

ISBN13

9780521604383

Synopsis "The Argonautica of Apollonius "

In recent years the subtlety and complexity of Apollonius' Argonautica have been better appreciated, but in Dr Hunter's view the purposes and aesthetic of the epic are still not readily understood and much basic analysis remains to be done. The present book seeks to offer some of that analysis and to place the Argonautica within its social and intellectual context. A series of studies deal with notions of heroism; with eros and the suffering of Medea; the role of the divine; poetic voice and literary self-consciousness; and the Ptolemaic context of the poem. A pervasive theme of the book is Apollonius' creative engagement with Homer, and a final chapter sketches out an approach to Virgil's use of Apollonius in the Aeneid. The Argonautica emerges as a brilliant and original experiment. This book is the only advanced study of the Argonautica currently available. All Greek is translated.

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