APOLLONIUS RHODIUS

rōˈdēəs, fl. 3d cent. b.c., epic poet of Alexandria and Rhodes. He became librarian at Alexandria. His extant work, the Argonautica, is a Homeric imitation in four books on the story of the Argonaut heroes.

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Epic and Romance in the Argonautica of Apollonius
Book by Charles Rowan Beye, John Gardner; Southern Illinois University Press, 1982
Subjects: Apollonius--Rhodius--Argonautica, Argonauts (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Epic Poetry, Greek--History And Criticism, Jason (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Literary Form, Medea (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Rhetoric, Ancient
...Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Apollonius, Rhodius. Argonautica. I. Title. II. Series...was derided, we are told. Apollonius was embarrassed, withdrew from Alexandria to Rhodes hence Rhodius only to return later in triumph...
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Ancient Epic Poetry: Homer, Apollonius, Virgil : With a Chapter on the Gilgamesh Poems
Book by Charles Rowan Beye; Bolchazy-Carducci, 2006
Subjects: Achilles (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Aeneas (Legendary Character) In Literature, Apollonius--Rhodius--Argonautica, Argonauts (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Epic Poetry, Classical--History And Criticism, Homer--Criticism And Interpretation, Odysseus (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Oral-Formulaic Analysis, Trojan War--Literature And The War, Virgil--Aeneis
ANCIENT EPIC POETRY Homer, Apollonius, Virgil With a Chapter on the Gilgamesh...Demodocus Ancient Epic Poetry: Homer, Apollonius, Virgil With a Chapter on the Gilgamesh...Rowan. Ancient epic poctry : Homer, Apollonius, Virgil : with a chapter on the Gilgamesh...
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Jason and the Golden Fleece: The Argonautica
Book by Apollonius Of Rhodes, Richard A. Hunter; Oxford University Press, 1995
Subjects: Argonauts (Greek Mythology)--Poetry, Epic Poetry, Greek--Translations Into English, Jason (Greek Mythology)--Poetry, Medea (Greek Mythology)--Poetry
...Cataloging in Publication Data Apollonius, Rhodius. Argonautica. English Jason...Studies in the Third Book of Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica Hildesheim . CARSPECKEN J. F. 1952 , "Apollonius Rhodius and the Homeric Epic", Yale...
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Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica: Abbreviated Voyages in Silver Latin Epic
Book by Debra Hershkowitz; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Argonauts (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Epic Poetry, Latin--History And Criticism, Jason (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Medea (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Valerius Flaccus, Gaius--1st Cent--Argonautica
...Vergil, Aeneid AR Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica BC...perhaps, is the conclusion of Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica , when the narrator...ARGONAUTIC INTERTEXTS Apollonius Rhodius Among Valerius antecedents...
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Gods and Heroes of the Greeks: The Library of Apollodorus
Book by Michael Simpson, Leonard Baskin, Apollodorus; University of Massachusetts Press, 1976
Subjects: Mythology, Greek
...Porphyrion. Euripides Ion 212-15 says that Zeus burned up Mimas with a thunderbolt, although according to Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 3 . 1226-27, Ares killed him. While Euripides Ion 209-11 says that Athena fought Enceladus...
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journal articles on: Apollonius Rhodius  - 6 results

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Books Received
Journal article; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 80, 2001
...254. $17.00 paper. Clare. R. J. The Path of the Argo: Language, Imagery and Narrative in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius. Cambridge U. Press, 2002. Pp. x + 301. $65.00. Clarke, Katherine. Between Geography and History: Hellenistic...
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Epic Romance: Homer to Milton
Journal article by Elizabeth J. Bellamy; Comparative Literature, Vol. 48, 1996
...attack by hypothetical literary "conservatives," Burrow confesses to significant "lacunae" in his history, such as Apollonius Rhodius and Ronsard. I find refreshing Burrows admission at the outset that, although his book constitutes a teleological...
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Paul Celan and the Cult of Personality
Journal article by Edouard Roditi; World Literature Today, Vol. 66, 1992
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
...readings in their own poems. Virgil, I argued, thus remains a great poet in spite of his borrowings from Homer and Apollonius Rhodius and perhaps Ennius too in the Aeneid, or from Hesiod in the Georgics or Theocritus in his Eclogues...
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(Sigma)(Pi)eipetai: Paul's Anthropogenic Metaphor in 1 Corinthians 15:42-44
Journal article by Jeffrey R. Asher; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 120, 2001
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, Bible, Exegesis & hermeneutics, History, Metaphor
...sown men" and were considered the ancestors of the inhabitants of Thebes.18 Probably drawing on the Cadmus myth, Apollonius Rhodius (Argon. 3.133490) depicts Jason as sowing the teeth of a slain serpent upon the earth. From the soil, there sprang...
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The Quest for Identity: Reflections of the Self
Journal article; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 97, 2007
Subjects: Nausea, Poetry
...Northern Spain, the Corsicans, and the Tibareni is attested by, among others, Strabo, 98 Diodorus Siculus, 99 and Apollonius Rhodius, 10 respectively, while modern writers have noted the prevalence of the custom in Biscay, China, India, Africa...
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magazine articles on: Apollonius Rhodius  - 2 results

 
 
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The Argonautika
Magazine article by Louis V. Galdieri; New Criterion, Vol. 16, March 1998
Subjects: Books--Reviews, The Argonautika (Book)--Reviews
...version of the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius had to rely on R. C. Seatons...standard English version of Apollonius for many years to come. The...and serious literary motive in Apolloniuss fabulous epic. Apollonius, Green...
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Argonautika: Lookingglass Theatre Company
Magazine article by Liz Lauren; American Theatre, Vol. 24, February 2007
Subjects: Argonautika (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Plays--Criticism and interpretation, Zimmerman, Mary--Works
...it can go from night to day and from ocean to desert. Argonautika, written and directed by Mary Zimmerman (after Apollonius Rhodius and Gaius Valerius Flaccus, based on translations by Peter Green and David R. Slavitt), ran Oct. 18-Dec. 23, 2006...


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encyclopedia articles on: Apollonius Rhodius  - 2 results

 
 
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Apollonius Rhodius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
APOLLONIUS RHODIUS ap lo ne s ro de s, fl. 3d cent. b.c., epic poet of Alexandria and Rhodes. He became librarian at Alexandria. His extant work...
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Greek Literature, Ancient
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of classics from earlier periods. The poems of Callimachus , the bucolics of Theocritus , and the epic of Apollonius Rhodius are recognized as major works of world literature. The production of literary works at the time of the establishment...


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