Argonautica: Book IV
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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- Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9781107636750
- ISBN10 1107636752
- Tipus Llibre
- Pàgines 348
- Col.lecció Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics #
- Any Edició 2015
- Idioma Grec, Antic (Fins 1453)
- Encuadernació Paperback
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Clàssics Grecs BilingüesArgonautica: Book IV
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Detalls del llibre
Apollonius' epic, the Argonautica, is not just a masterpiece of Hellenistic poetry drawing on the entire tradition of previous Greek literature, but was enormously influential on Latin epic, especially Virgil's Aeneid. Book IV tells the story of the Argonauts' return to Greece with the Golden Fleece, their nightmarish trips through the uncharted rivers of central Europe and the desert wastes of North Africa, the terrible killing of Medea's brother, and the anguish of the young girl which foreshadows her bloody future. This is the first modern commentary in English.
Problems of syntax and language are fully explained, and there is a sophisticated discussion of the poem as literature. It will be useful for advanced undergraduates and graduate students studying Greek poetry, as well as of interest to scholars.