Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica: Abbreviated Voyages in Silver Latin Epic

by Debra Hershkowitz

Overview

Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica narrates the mythological quest for the Golden Fleece and the early stages of the ill-fated love affair of Jason and Medea, a tale already familiar from Greek epic tragedy, but given a Roman twist by the first-century AD epic poet. This book provides readers who have not yet encountered the Argonautica with a general introduction to the work and, through comparisons with Apollonius' Argonautica and Virgil's Aeneid, offers specialists a re-evaluation of this important Silver Latin epic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198150985
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/18/1999
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	1820L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of Michigan

Table of Contents

Incompleteness: me talia uelle? Belatedness: Silver LiningsRecuperations: Better, Stronger, FasterDigressions: The Road not TakenDissimulation: Unlearned in the World's False Subtleties