The Argonautica is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius
in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the
Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts
to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis. Their heroic
adventures and Jason's relationship with the Colchian
Princess/Sorceress Medea were already well known to Hellenistic
audiences, which enabled Apollonius to go beyond a simple
narrative, giving it a scholarly emphasis suitable to the times.
Apollonius of Rhodes, or Apollonius Rhodius is best known as the
author of the Argonautica. His other poems, which survive only in
small fragments, concerned the beginnings or foundations of cities,
such as Alexandria and Cnidus - places of interest to the
Ptolemies, whom he served as a scholar and librarian at the Library
of Alexandria.
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