The Argonautica (Greek: Ἀργοναυτικά Argonautika) is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis. Their heroic adventures and Jason's relationship with the dangerous Colchian princess/sorceress Medea were already well known to Hellenistic audiences, which enabled Apollonius to go beyond a simple narrative, giving it a scholarly emphasis suitable to the times. It was the age of the great Library of Alexandria and his epic incorporates his researches in geography, ethnography, comparative religion and Homeric literature. However, his main contribution to the epic tradition lies in his development of the love between hero and heroine – he seems to have been the first narrative poet to study "the pathology of love". His Argonautica had a profound impact on Latin poetry. It was translated by Varro Atacinus and imitated by Valerius Flaccus. It influenced Catullus and Ovid and it provided Virgil with a model for his Roman epic, the Aeneid.
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This ebook is a reproduction of the fist volume of the Loeb Classical Library (L001). It contians: English text, Greek text, and Greek-English (in two columns) text. Also includes all footnotes.
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This kindle edition contains:
English text, translated by R. C. Seaton.
Original greek text.
A two columns version featuring both text (greek and english). [This version is the third in order, so you won't see it in the preview; for this reason, I there is a little demo at the beginnig of the ebook.
Also:
Footnotes (english and greek) in all the three versions.
Useful index in all the books, with links to jump directly to the subchapters.
Index of names (with no links).
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This editorial (Public Domain Loeb Classical Library) aims to digitalize all the public domain loeb classical books and put them in kindle format. I am an independent publisher, I have no relationship with Loeb Classical Library.
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This ebook is a reproduction of the fist volume of the Loeb Classical Library (L001). It contians: English text, Greek text, and Greek-English (in two columns) text. Also includes all footnotes.
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This kindle edition contains:
English text, translated by R. C. Seaton.
Original greek text.
A two columns version featuring both text (greek and english). [This version is the third in order, so you won't see it in the preview; for this reason, I there is a little demo at the beginnig of the ebook.
Also:
Footnotes (english and greek) in all the three versions.
Useful index in all the books, with links to jump directly to the subchapters.
Index of names (with no links).
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This editorial (Public Domain Loeb Classical Library) aims to digitalize all the public domain loeb classical books and put them in kindle format. I am an independent publisher, I have no relationship with Loeb Classical Library.
