{"product_id":"jason-and-the-argonauts-isbn-9780143106869","title":"Jason and the Argonauts","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first new Penguin Classics translation of the \u003ci\u003eArgonautica \u003c\/i\u003esince the 1950s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow in a riveting new verse translation, \u003ci\u003eJason and the Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e (also known as the \u003ci\u003eArgonautica\u003c\/i\u003e) is the only surviving full account of Jason’s voyage on the Argo in quest of the Golden Fleece aided by the sorceress princess Medea. Written in the third century B.C., this epic story of one of the most beloved heroes of Greek mythology, with its combination of the fantastical and the real, its engagement with traditions of science, astronomy and medicine, winged heroes, and a magical vessel that speaks, is truly without parallel in classical or contemporary Greek literature and is now available in an accessible and engaging translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\"Consistently fascinating, an amalgam of the mythic and the modern with an occasion dash of Baron Munchausen or Marvel Comics.”\u003cbr\u003e —Michael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An accessible, nimble, and often beautiful edition of Apollonios Rhodios’s epic.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eTor.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"At every turn, Poochigian...improves on every English-language translation of the \u003ci\u003eArgonautica \u003c\/i\u003ethat’s come before him.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eOpen Letters Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Aaron Poochigian’s new translation of Apollonius of Rhodes’ \u003ci\u003eJason \u0026amp; the Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e demands to be read aloud—lines of perfect, unforced iambic pentameter make it as lyrical as Shelley or Frost.\" \u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eSmartish Pace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eApollonius of Rhodes\u003c\/b\u003e published his first version of the \u003ci\u003eArgonautica \u003c\/i\u003esometime in the middle of the third century B.C. At the end of his life he was director of the famous Library of Alexandria, which was the principal storehouse of all pagan literature and learning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAaron Poochigian\u003c\/b\u003e, born in 1973, is a poet and an associated lecturer in Classics at The Ohio State University and has translated the Penguin Classics edition of \u003ci\u003eStung with Love: Poems and Fragments \u003c\/i\u003eby Sappho, as well as works by Aeschylus and Aratus. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Benjamin Acosta-Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Greek and Latin at The Ohio State University. He is the author of several works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eArion’s Lyre: Archaic Lyric into Hellenistic Poetry.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303189172453,"sku":"NP9780143106869","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143106869.jpg?v=1767730359","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/jason-and-the-argonauts-isbn-9780143106869","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}