Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica: Abbreviated Voyages in Silver Latin Epic

By Debra Hershkowitz

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198150989
• ISBN13: 9780198150985
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"