The Argonautica of Apollonius (repost)
The Argonautica of Apollonius By R. L. Hunter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2005 | 220 Pages | ISBN: 0521604389 | DJVU | 1 MB
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2005 | 220 Pages | ISBN: 0521604389 | DJVU | 1 MB
In recent years the subtlety and complexity of Apollonius' Argonautica have been better appreciated, but in Dr Hunter's view the purposes and aesthetic of the epic are still not readily understood and much basic analysis remains to be done. The present book seeks to offer some of that analysis and to place the Argonautica within its social and intellectual context. A series of studies deal with notions of heroism; with eros and the suffering of Medea; the role of the divine; poetic voice and literary self-consciousness; and the Ptolemaic context of the poem.