{"product_id":"argonautica","title":"Argonautica","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781647922306\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hackett Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone who's ever been fascinated by \u003ci\u003eThe Magnificent Seven\u003c\/i\u003e or a Marvel Comics movie that brings together a team of great epic heroes for a noble cause will understand the archetype and the paradigm that animates Apollonius's version of the ancient myth of the Argo, in which an assemblage of highly charismatic pre-Trojan War heroes embarks on a daunting adventure. \u003cb\u003eThis new edition of the epic can play an invaluable role in any number of classes that involve ancient literature or that focus on heroic quests in literature of any period.\u003c\/b\u003e Readers will be able to understand not only the story itself, but also the culture that produced it, and, further, the complicated and sometimes inconsistent values of heroism and nobility, which are both celebrated and challenged in Apollonius's great poem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     \"Lombardo and Polsley render the \u003ci\u003eArgonautica\u003c\/i\u003e in a poetic form (with helpful narrative rubrics and extended similes set off in italics) that allows the story to unfold powerfully but in a measured way, as only verse can. This allows the reader to pay attention to patterns of imagery and the fine crafting of character, personality, dialogue, and diction that somehow are blurred in prose translations that focus on exposition, information, and episode. \u003cb\u003eThe translation is ever clear, animated, direct, and dramatic,\u003c\/b\u003e preserving the interested voice of Apollonius (one of the most self-consciously artful narrators in the epic canon), the not entirely disarming charms of Jason, and the ever-charismatic power of the bewitching Medea. \u003cb\u003eIt's hard to imagine a more accessible and relatable rendering of the\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41860269473925,"sku":"PR435848","price":44.8,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/argonautica","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}