The Path of the Argo: Language, Imagery and Narrative in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius

The Path of the Argo: Language, Imagery and Narrative in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius

by R. J. Clare
The Path of the Argo: Language, Imagery and Narrative in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius

The Path of the Argo: Language, Imagery and Narrative in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius

by R. J. Clare

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Overview

Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica is a Greek epic poem dating from the 3rd century BC which tells the story of the quest by Jason and the Argonauts for the Golden Fleece. This book examines the poem from a number of perspectives, exploring thematic and narrative complexities arising primarily from the poet's use of language. It breaks new ground in the critical interpretation of the Argonautica and, as such, is an indispensable addition to mainstream literary criticism of the poem.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521102926
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 03/19/2009
Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
Pages: 312
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

R. J. Clare is currently Lecturer in Classics at the University of Leeds. He was educated in Dublin and Cambridge and has held a research fellowship at the University of Manchester and a lectureship at the University of Durham. He is the author of articles on Homer, Apollonius Rhodius, Catullus and Virgil.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. There and Back Again: 1. Epic beginnings; 2. Outward bound; 3. Other journeys; 4. Homeward bound; Part II. Order and Disorder: 5. Patterns of action; 6. Orpheus and Medea; 7. Poetics and rhetoric.
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