In an epic poem narrated by a self-declared opponent of epic poetry, the hero and his 50 Argonauts are thrust aside by the first heroine of third-person narrative and a forerunner of the powerful women in fiction.
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In an epic poem narrated by a self-declared opponent of epic poetry, the hero and his 50 Argonauts are thrust aside by the first heroine of third-person narrative and a forerunner of the powerful women in fiction.
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Add this copy of Apollonius' Argonautica: a Callimachean Epic to cart. $72.00, very good condition, Sold by Grey Matter Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hadley, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Brill Academic Pub.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Signed and inscribed by Mary Margolies Deforest on the first free end page. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are a little age toned. Binding leans forward. Dust jacket shows some light wear around the edges. 160pp.
Add this copy of Apollonius' Argonautica: a Callimachean Epic (Mnemosyne to cart. $91.45, new condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Brill Academic Publishers.
Add this copy of Apollonius' Argonautica a Callimachean Epic to cart. $119.00, very good condition, Sold by Ancient World Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1994 by E. J. Brill.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 9004100172. Scholars' large bookplate to ffep (John H. Betts). Else book is fine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear. Small strip of back panel has lightly browned.; The "Argonautica" was said to have been the source of a quarrel between Apollonius, who wrote what looks like an epic poem, and Callimachus, who denounced the writing of epic poetry. Although the quarrel did not take place in the real world, its issue controls the poem. The heroes are determined to take part in a Homeric epic, which the Callimachean narrator refuses to write. Drawing on the methods of modern literary theorists but eschewing the jargon, DeForest shows how Apollonius uses the literary dispute in Alexandria to give a three-dimensional quality to his poem. The amusing conflict between heroes and narrator turns serious when the levels of narrative split apart and Medea steps into the gap as a free-standing figure, the forerunner of powerful women in fiction.; Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum; 160 pages.
