Argonautica of Apollonius

Klappentext This book analyses Apollonuis' epic poem about the quest for the Golden Fleece. Zusammenfassung This book seeks both to offer analysis and to place the quest for the Golden Fleece within its social and intellectual context in Hellenistic Alexandria. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Modes of heroism; 3. Images of love; 4. The gods and the divine; 5. The poet and his poem; 6. The Argonautica and its Ptolemaic context; 7. Argonautica and Aeneid; Appendix: hen aeisma dienekes: Aristotle, Callimachus, Apollonius.

Product details

• Authors: R. L. Hunter, R. Lanny Hunter, R.L. Hunter, Richard Hunter, Hunter R. L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.01.2005
• EAN: 9780521604383
• ISBN: 978-0-521-60438-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets