Jason and the Argonauts [electronic resource]
Apollonios of Rhodes2019
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Under the order of King Pelias, Jason embarks on a perilous journey to steal the
Golden Fleece from the Land of Colchis. Far from heroic, Jason is the typical
everyman. He is given to intense bouts of nervousness and anxiety, and is saved
on more than one occasion by the sorceress Medea, Jason's love interest, and his
band of heroes: Castor and Pollux, Heracles, the musician Orpheus and the flying
brothers Zetes and Calais. They encounter clashing rocks at the Bosphorus; an
all-female parliament at Lemnos, where the women have slaughtered the men;
harpies who plague the prophet Phineas; King Amycus, a champion boxer; an army
of men who spring from the ground; and, of course, the never-sleeping dragon who
guards the Golden Fleece. Often compared with Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Jason
and the Argonauts is the only poem from the Hellenistic period and was hugely
influential on later literature, especially the Roman poetry of Virgil and Ovid.
Main title:
Jason and the Argonauts [electronic resource] / Apollonios of Rhodes
Author:
Apollonios of Rhodes, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Naxos Audiobooks, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (185 MB, 06:45:49 H)
Performers:
Narrator: David Timson
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781781982228
Language:
English
BRN:
438667
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |