The Voyage of the "Argo" The "Argonautica" of Gaius Valerius Flaccus
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
19.10.1999
Herausgeber
SenecaVerlag
Johns Hopkins University PressSeitenzahl
180
Maße (L/B/H)
22.9/15.2/1 cm
Gewicht
270 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-8018-6178-9
With "The Voyage of the "Argo,"" the acclaimed poet and translator David Slavitt recovers for modern readers the only surviving work of this little-known writer. The result is an engaging rendition of Jason's adventures, of particular interest when compared to the Greek version of the story. While Apollonius' tale offers a subtle psychological study of Medea, Valerius Flaccus' achievement is to present Jason as a more complete and compelling heroic figure. Slavitt, for one, enjoyed the rediscovery immensely -- and he invites his readers to do the same.
"I am content to let my rendition into English speak for Valerius, but for those whom I imagine standing in an aisle of a library or bookstore, trying to decide, I can offer some reassurance. This piece is playful, unpredictable, oddly contrarian, sometimes almost mannerist. Valerius' description in book 8 of Medea's putting the serpent to sleep so Jason can filch the fleece involves a gesture no other Latin poet I know would have thought to try -- a brief moment in Medea's head when she allows herself to feel sorry for the snake... It is this kind of droll surprise that drew me to undertake the translation of a work that is not, I freely confess, well known." -- David Slavitt
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