The Orphic Argonautica: An English Translation by Dares Phrygius,Hyginus,Orpheus,Jason Colavito

By Dares Phrygius,Hyginus,Orpheus,Jason Colavito

The Orphic Argonautica used to be believed to be one of the oldest Greek poems. while its genuine age (c. 500 CE) grew to become be aware of, students condemned the paintings and consigned it to centuries of obscurity.

Now, for the 1st time in print, learn the mysterious poem long-closed to English-speaking readers.

This variation incorporates a complete English translation of the epic poem in addition to decisions from Hyginus, Dares Phrygius, Lactantius, and the 1st and moment Vatican Mythographers to provide a compelling photograph of the Argonaut delusion within the age while Antiquity gave technique to the center a long time.

This version additionally contains a complete advent tracing the heritage of and the controvesy over the epic poem, broad annotations to give an explanation for and make clear the poem, and a number of other appendixes reproducing nineteenth-century scholarship at the Orphic Argonautica.

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