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Jason and the Argonauts

Author: Apollonius of Rhodes, Aaron Poochigian and Benjamin Acosta-Hughes   Series: Penguin Classics

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Now in a riveting 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 with the aid of the sorceress-princess Medea.

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Now in a riveting 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 with the aid of the sorceress-princess Medea.

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The first brand new Penguin Classics translation of the Argonautica--the story of Jason and the Argonauts, and their search for the Golden Fleece--since the 1950sThe first new Penguin Classics translation of the Argonautica since the 1950sNow 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 Greek mythology, with its combination of the fantastical and the real, its engagement with traditions of science, astronomy and medicine, winged heroes, and a magical vessel that speaks, is truly without parallel in classical or contemporary Greek literature and is now available in an accessible and engaging translation.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

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Critic Reviews

“"Consistently fascinating, an amalgam of the mythic and the modern with an occasion dash of Baron Munchausen or Marvel Comics." --Michael Dirda,”

"Consistently fascinating, an amalgam of the mythic and the modern with an occasion dash of Baron Munchausen or Marvel Comics.”
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World

“An accessible, nimble, and often beautiful edition of Apollonios Rhodios’s epic.”
Tor.com

"At every turn, Poochigian...improves on every English-language translation of the Argonautica that’s come before him.

 

Open Letters Monthly

"Aaron Poochigian’s new translation of Apollonius of Rhodes’ Jason & the Argonauts demands to be read aloud—lines of perfect, unforced iambic pentameter make it as lyrical as Shelley or Frost." 
 —Smartish Pace

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About the Author

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 Penguin Classics edition of Stung with Love- Poems and Fragments by Sappho, as well as works by Aeschylus and Aratus. He lives in New York City.Benjamin Acosta-Hughes is Professor of Greek and Latin at The Ohio State University. He is the author of several works of nonfiction, including Arion's Lyre- Archaic Lyric into Hellenistic Poetry.

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd | Penguin Classics
Published
26th February 2015
Pages
384
ISBN
9780143106869

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