Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius - Book III

Klappentext Originally published in 1928, this book contains the ancient Greek text of the third book of the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes, in which Medea falls in love with the hero Jason and determines to help him win the Golden Fleece. Gillies supplies a detailed commentary on the story and notes linguistic parallels with Homeric epic and Greek tragedy, in addition to a detailed introduction on the history of the legend and its place in the Hellenistic literary canon. This book will be of value to Classicists and anyone with an interest in ancient Greek literature.Originally published in 1928, this book contains the ancient Greek text of the third book of the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes, in which Medea falls in love with the hero Jason and determines to help him win the Golden Fleece. This book will be of value to Classicists and anyone with an interest in ancient Greek literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. The importance of Apollonius; 1. A short survey of Alexandrine literature; 2. The Argonautica; 3. Bibliography; Text and commentary; Appendixes; Indexes.

Product details

• Authors: Marshall M. Gillies
• Assisted by: Marshall M. Gillies (Editor), Gillies Marshall M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English, Ancient Greek
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2013
• EAN: 9781107687776
• ISBN: 978-1-107-68777-6
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ancient (Classical) Greek, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form