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The Argonautica
Apollonius Rhodius
Book Overview:
The story of how Jason and a group of famous heroes of Greece took to sea in the Argos has been told many times, before and after Apollonius of Rhodes, wrote his Argonautica, in the 3rd century b.C.. It is not only the oldest full version of the tale to arrive to our days, but also the only extant example of Hellenistic epic. This was already a popular myth by the times of Apollonius, who makes the story of how Jason and the Argonauts sail to Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece, and have to go through a lot of adventures to fulfill their task, a mix of simple narrative and scholarly catalog. The Argonautica had a deep impact on European literature as a whole.
The story of how Jason and a group of famous heroes of Greece took to sea in the Argos has been told many times, before and after Apollonius of Rhodes, wrote his Argonautica, in the 3rd century b.C.. It is not only the oldest full version of the tale to arrive to our days, but also the only extant example of Hellenistic epic. This was already a popular myth by the times of Apollonius, who makes the story of how Jason and the Argonauts sail to Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece, and have to go through a lot of adventures to fulfill their task, a mix of simple narrative and scholarly catalog. The Argonautica had a deep impact on European literature as a whole.
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This review is of the translation by Peter Green.
One particularly interesting aspect of the Argonautika (Ἀργοναυτικά), the epic poem composed sometime during the 3rd century BCE by Apollonios Rhodios (Ἀπολλώνιος Ῥόδιος), is its protagonist Jason (Ἰάσων)'s decidedly unheroic temperament: protagonist
Poema epico che narra del viaggio compiuto da Giasone e gli Argonauti per la conquista del vello d'oro. Gli elementi tipici dell'epica vi sono tutti: il viaggio, l'esaltazione dei valori ritenuti assoluti per un'epoca e una comunità, la figura dell'eroe, l'amore quale mezzo per la realizzazione del
Si bien entretiene al tratarse de aventuras marítimas además de mezclar dioses con humanos está lejos de la calidad de La Ilíada o La Odisea, sin embargo los lectores que apreciaron estas obras sin duda gustarán también de los argonautas.
*Rated 3.5/5 stars
Video review
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The Argonautica (A.K.A. Jason & the Argonauts or Jason & the Golden Fleece) is a Greek epic that is far superior to the Illiad or the Odyssey. Instead of individual glory, the Argonautica is about the importance of bonds between loved ones and keeping one's word. Although the story starts with a pai
Jason ve Altın Post efsanesini destansı şiir diliyle kaleme alan "Argonautika", Homeros’un izin gitmesine rağmen dize sayısının azlığıyla daha çok Aristoteles’in "Poetica"da tanımladığı sanat tanımına uyan bir eser. Olay örgüsünün oldukça sürükleyici bir şekilde kurgulandığı hikaye "İlyada"dan ve "M
Let’s be honest with ourselves here. Apollonius of Rhodes is no Homer. Hell, he’s miles away from even being a Virgil. This 4 book rendition of Jason and the Argonauts is probably the strangest epic poem you will ever have the chance to read. How Apollonius depicts his heroes is astonishing and comp
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Las argonáuticas una de mis obras favoritas de los clásicos griegos, quizás mucha parte de ello tiene que ver con la gran información que aporta sobre la leyenda del gran Jasón que considero muchas veces relegado de los mitos por otros héroes.
Jasón es uno de los pocos héroes en no tener origen divin