{"product_id":"jason-and-the-argonauts","title":"Jason And The Argonauts","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow in a riveting new verse translation \u003ci style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eJason and the Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e (also known as the \u003ci style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\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 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 exact parallel in classical or contemporary Greek literature and is now available in an accessible and engaging translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eApollonius\u003c\/b\u003e of Rhodes published his first version of the \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\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 literature and learning at the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\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 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\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 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBenjamin 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 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eArion''s Lyre: Archaic Lyric into Hellenistic Poetry.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319623360894,"sku":"NW9780143106869","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780143106869.jpg?v=1778648116","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/jason-and-the-argonauts","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}