Argonautica
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek A major epic poem by
Apollonius Rhodius (Apollonius of Rhodes) a Greek
scholar at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt. Argonautica
tells in four books the story of Jason's quest
for the Golden Fleece, the treachery of Medea, who
possessed the fleece, and the journey of the Argonauts
to return home. It is the best known version
of the story of Jason and the Argonauts.
Apollonius composed the poem in the 200s b.c.
and based his story on the works of other Greek poets
as well as the stories he knew. Apollonius relied on
the understanding of his audience of the stories of
Greek myths and legends.