Jason and the Argonauts - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Apollonius of Rhodes, Aaron Poochigian (Translator), Benjamin Acosta-Hughes (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2014-10-28Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143106869ISBN-10:143106864UPC:9780143106869Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, EpicSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCCFVT9AFZ
Jason and the Argonauts
The first new Penguin Classics translation of the Argonautica since the 1950s Now in a riveting new verse translation, 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...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143106869ISBN-10:143106864UPC:9780143106869Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, EpicSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCCFVT9AFZ
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. Aaron Poochigian, born in 1973, is a poet and an associated lecturer in Classics at The Ohio State University and has translated the...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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