Downloadable audiobooks
The Argonautika
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1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 30 min.)) : digital. - Edition: Abridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : HighBridge, 1999.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
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| Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Peter Green. |
| Summary, etc.: | Jason, a young prince, is sent on a perilous expedition but comes through various ordeals with the aid of the king's daughter, Medeia, winning the golden fleece and carrying off Medeia herself. He is a very modern figure, not at all Achillean: almost an anti-hero. Along the way, the story incorporates vivid accounts of early exploration and colonizing ventures. Peter Green's lively, readable verse translation captures the swift narrative movement of Apollonios's epic Greek. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Argonauts (Greek mythology) Poetry Jason (Mythological character) Poetry Medea consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character) Poetry |
| Genre: | Epic poetry. |
