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The Argonautica

By: Apollonius Rhodius

...Rhodius (“Apollonius the Rhodian”). Translation by R.C. Seaton, 1912. The Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius, translation by R. C. Seaton, 1912 is a ... ... document or for the file as an elec tronic transmission, in any way. The Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius, translation by R. C. Seaton, 1912 , the ... ...The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. The Argonautica By Apollonius Rhodius (fl. 3rd Century B.C.) Originally written... ...limachus; that while still a youth he composed and recited in public his “ Argonautica”, and that the poem was condemned, in consequence of which he ... ... he revised his poem, recited it with great applause, and hence called The Argonautica * Or of Naucratis, according to Aelian and Athenaeus. 3 himse... ...s condemnation at Alexandria and departure to Rhodes. This quarrel ap The Argonautica 4 pears to have arisen from differences of literary aims and ... ...me. On the part of Apollonius there is a passage in the third book of the “Argonautica” (11. 927 947) which is of a po lemical nature and stands out ... ...rything common place in subject, sentiment or allusion.” These traits The Argonautica *Anth. Pal. xl. 275. 5 are more prominent in Callimachus than ... ...they are certainly to be seen in the latter. He seems to have written the “Argonautica” out of bravado, to show that he could write an epic poem. But ...

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