Argonautika is the story of Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. This epic story of gods and goddesses, mythical beasts, thrilling adventures, and narrow escapes may be the oldest surviving Greek myth, which Homer referred to as something "familiar to all." Listen to this masterpiece of classical literature in an all-new translation that captures the timeless magic and quiet humor of this ancient legend. Discover that Jason is an all-too-human everyman, and his one true talent is making women fall in love with him.
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© and (P) HighBridge Company; Translation copyright ©1996 by Peter Green; Cover Painting by Lorenzo Costa, Used by Permission of Scala/Art Resource, NY
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Should be more widely read...,
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This review is from: The Argonautika: The Story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece (Hellenistic Culture & Society) (Paperback)
The Argonautika should be as widely read as the Iliad and the Odyssey (or for that matter the Aeneid). Before reading this particular version one should first study the structure of the work, completly discarding Green's Introduction to it, unless, of course, you happen to be a working classical scholar! The translation of Apollonios Argonautika is an excellent read, made much more understandable by the excellent Glossary, which provides background information on all the characters and gods mentioned in the epic, and on geographical locations as well. This glossary is either an excellent first source of information or as a refresher to what the reader might already know. Excellent maps detailing the route the Argonauts took are found in the back of the book. Although an excellent read, it's not one that should be done at a rapid pace! The bibliography makes no mention of Robert Graves narative work on Jason and the Golden Fleece, Hercules My Shipmate.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Softback Commentary?,
This review is from: The Argonautika: The Story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece (Hellenistic Culture & Society) (Paperback)
i was shocked on aquiring the softback to discover that it was lacking the commentary, thus making the book semi-useless to me. and when i write 'shocked' i am being polite. the saving grace is that at least i got a good cheap copy of the poem in verse form.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Great translation with more commentary than you'll read.,
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This review is from: The Argonautika: The Story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece (Hellenistic Culture and Society) (Hardcover)
I liked it. The translation was well done and quite readable. I was surprised, however when I ran out of translation and hit the extensive commentary at the back. As I am not a scholar of Greek or Roman writings or mythology the depth of the commentary was generally too much for me. I would have preferred the split page method, where the text and commentary relevant to it appear on the same page. The glossary at the back was helpful to identify which god, goddess or hero was referred to. Some of them are obscure and some unfamiliar names and spellings are used in place of more familiar ones (Kirke = Circe for example).
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