A companion to Apollonius Rhodius / edited by Theodore D. Papanghelis and Antonios Rengakos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Papanghelis, Theodore D.

Rengakos, Antonios.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum 0169-8958 ; 217.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 0169-8958 ; 217

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apollonius, Rhodius. Argonautica.

Apollonius.

Greek poetry, Hellenistic--History and criticism.

Greek poetry, Hellenistic.

Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Argonauts (Greek mythology) in literature.

Jason (Mythological character)--In literature.

Jason.

Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)--In literature.

Medea.

Physical Description:

xiii, 362 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

Summary:

This volume on Apollonius of Rhodes, whose Argonautica is the sole full-length epic to survive from the Hellenistic period, comprises articles by fourteen leading scholars from Europe and America. Their contributions cover a wide range of issues from the history of the text and the problems of the poet's biography through questions of style, literary technique and intertextual relations to the epic's literary and cultural reception. The aim is to give an up-to-date outline of the scholarly discussion in these areas and to provide a survey of recent and current trends in Apollonian studies which will be useful to students of Hellenistic poetry in general as well as to scholars with a specialised interest in Apollonius.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-360) and index.

ISBN:

9004117520

OCLC:

46640823