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100 1 $aValerius Flaccus, Gaius,$dactive 1st century,$eauthor.
240 10 $aArgonautica.$nBook 7.$lEnglish & Latin
245 10 $aValerius Flaccus, Argonautica, Book 7 /$cedited with introduction, translation and commentary by P.J. Davis.
246 13 $aValerius Flaccus, Argonautica, Book seven.
260 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2020.
300 $axii, 299 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aOxford Commentaries on Flavian Poetry.
520 1 $a"The story of Jason and the Argonauts is one of the best known of ancient Greek myths and has captivated people for over two and a half thousand years. Focusing on Medea's attempts to resist her love for Jason, Book 7 of Valerius Flaccus' 'Argonautica' presents one of the most attractive and engaging episodes in all of Greco-Roman epic: the key moment when Jason and Medea fall in love and when Jason, with Medea's help, yokes the king's fire-breathing bulls, sows the dragon's teeth, and compels the earthborn men to destroy themselves. Although versions of the story of the Argo's journey from Greece to the Black Sea had been told by many earlier poets, this Roman account of the myth differs from its predecessors in important ways. First, Valerius presents the Argo as the first ship and the voyage as a decisive turning point in human history: the Argo's breaking down of natural barriers will lead to interchange between human communities and to a sequence of empires, culminating of course in that of the Romans. Second, Valerius constantly foreshadows other parts of Medea's myth, most notably the explosion of violence in Corinth well known to Valerius' audience and to us from the Medea tragedies of Euripides and Seneca. Third, and most important, Valerius concentrates attention on the inner workings of Medea's mind as she fights against the combined efforts of two goddesses who ultimately compel her to betray her father and help Jason to win the golden fleece. This new edition of 'Argonautica 7' offers the first detailed commentary on this book of the poem in English, as well as a substantial introduction intended to be as accessible to as many readers as possible, a new Latin text, and a facing-page prose translation."
505 0 $aIntroduction. 1. The Poet ; 2. The Poem ; 2.1. Intended length ; 2.2. Technology and the divine plan ; 2.3. Politics ; 2.4. Language and style ; 3. The Myth before Valerius ; 3.1. Medea as witch ; 3.2. Medea as daughter ; 3.3. Medea and the gods ; 4. Valerius' Medea: Resistance and Submission ; 5. Reception: Three Snapshots ; 5.1. Statius' Achilleid ; 5.2. The later middle ages: Benoît, Guido, Chaucer, and Boccaccio ; 5.3. Corneille's Conquest of the Golden Fleece. -- Text and translation. Selective Critical Apparatus ; Differences from the Texts of Ehlers' Teubner (1980) and Liberman's Budé (2002) Editions. -- Commentary. -- Bibliography. 1. Latin Texts: Editions, Commentaries, Translations ; 2. Other Works -- Indexes: I. Latin Words ; II.Passages Quoted from Latin and Greek Texts ; III. General Index.
600 10 $aValerius Flaccus, Gaius,$dactive 1st century.$tArgonautica.$nBook 7.
600 00 $aJason$c(Mythological character)$xIn literature.
600 00 $aMedea,$cconsort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)$xIn literature.
650 0 $aEpic poetry, Latin$xTranslations into English.
650 0 $aEpic poetry, Latin$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aArgonauts (Greek mythology) in literature.
650 0 $aMan-woman relationships$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aMan-woman relationships in literature.
650 0 $aParent and adult child.
700 1 $aDavis, Peter J.,$eeditor.
700 1 $aValerius Flaccus, Gaius,$dactive 1st century,$tArgonautica.$nBook 7.
830 0 $aOxford Commentaries on Flavian Poetry.
852 00 $bglx$hPA6791.V4$iE65 2020