The Argonautika
Contributors: Peter Green (Translator)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: December 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780520253933
Subjects: Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval; History; Poetry; History: World; Ancient - General; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; General; History / Ancient / General
First sentence: Starting from you, Phoibos, the deeds of those old-time mortals I shall relate, who by way of the Black Sea's mouth and through the cobalt-dark rocks, at King Pelias's commandment, in search of the Golden Fleece drove tight-thwarted Argo.
Description: The Argonautika, the only surviving epic of the Hellenistic era, is a retelling of the tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece, probably the oldest extant Greek myth. Peter Green's lively, readable verse translation captures the swift narrative movement of Apollonios's epic Greek. This expanded paperback edition contains Green's incisive commentary, introduction, and glossary. Alternate spelling: Argonautica, Apollonius Rhodius.