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Jason and the Argonauts

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By Stephanie McCarter Posted on Feb 18, 2023

Authors: Apollonius of Rhodes Published By: Penguin Classics In Year: 2014

Apollonius of Rhodes published his first version of THE ARGONAUTICA sometime in the middle of the third century B.C. At the end of his life he was director of the famous Library of Alexandria, which was the principal storehouse of all pagan literature and learning

File: Jason and the Argonauts (Myths and Legends) ( PDFDrive )

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (also known as the Argonautica) is the only surviving full account of Jason’s voyage on the Argo in quest of the Golden Fleece aided by the sorceress princess Medea. Written in the third century B.C., this epic story of one of the most beloved heroes of Greek mythology, with its combination of the fantastical and the real, its engagement with traditions of science, astronomy and medicine, winged heroes, and a magical vessel that speaks, is truly without parallel in classical or contemporary Greek literature and is now available in an accessible and engaging translation