Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica Abbreviated Voyages in Silver Latin Epic [Hardcover]

Valerius Flaccus'Argonauticanarrates the mythological quest for the Golden Fleece and the early stages of the ill-fated love affair of Jason and Medea, a tale already familiar from Greek epic tragedy, but given a Roman twist by the first-century AD epic poet. This book provides readers who have not yet encountered theArgonauticawith a general introduction to the work and, through comparisons with Apollonius'Argonauticaand Virgil'sAeneid, offers specialists a re-evaluation of this important Silver Latin epic.

Incompleteness: me talia uelle?
Belatedness: Silver Linings
Recuperations: Better, Stronger, Faster
Digressions: The Road not Taken
Dissimulation: Unlearned in the World's False Subtleties