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  • "Argonautica" out of bravado, to show that he could write an epic poem.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • "Argonautica" is perhaps the first poem still extant in which the expression of this spirit is developed with elaboration.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • "Argonautica," an imitation and in some parts a translation of the Greek poem of Apollonius Rhodius on the same subject.

    Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

  • And I've been reading the "Argonautica" recently, in which Apollonios of Rhodes tells us how Jason and the Argonauts, on their historical quest for the Fleece, were granted a revelation from no less than Apollo himself on the island of Thynias.

    Pharyngula 2009

  • a youth he composed and recited in public his "Argonautica", and that the poem was condemned, in consequence of which he retired to Rhodes; that there he revised his poem, recited it with great applause, and hence called himself a Rhodian.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • On the part of Apollonius there is a passage in the third book of the "Argonautica" (11.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • Apollonius's "Argonautica") of the tenth century, the Iliad,

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • The extraordinary depiction of Medea's emotional journey in Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica inspired the passionate figure of Queen Dido in Virgil's Aeneid, which in turn influenced generations of storytellers.

    Govindini Murty: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Twilight, and the Return of Women's Blockbuster Films Govindini Murty 2011

  • Argonautica, by Apollonius of Rhodes This Greek epic poem tells the tale of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece.

    Ten of the best dragons in literature 2010

  • "The Argonauts" is based on the Greek myth related in Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes, better known to the wider world as "Jason and the Argonauts" as it was under that title that Ray Harryhausen filmed the legend in 1963.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Steve 2010

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