The Argonautica

by Apollonius (Rhodius), Apollonius

Originally Apollōníou toû Rhodíou Argonautikōn biblía d = · Ancient Greek

"Apollonius Rhodius's Argonautica, composed in the third century B.C.E., is the epic retelling of Jason's quest for the golden fleece. Along with his contemporaries Callimachus and Theocritus, Apollonius refashioned Greek poetry to meet the interests and aesthetics of a Hellenistic audience, especially that of Alexandria in the Ptolemaic period following Alexander's death.