Few facts can be securely established about the life of Apollonius Rhodius. He was born sometime in the early part of the third century B.C., perhaps at Alexandria in Egypt. He studied with the poet-s...
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In the following excerpt, Knight explores Appolonius's extensive use of the Iliad and the Odyssey as literary models and as sources of allusions and similes.
The Argonautica has now emerged ...
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In the following excerpt, Green reviews the known facts about the life of Apollonius and places in context his quarrel with Callimachus concerning the epic.
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The author of the Argonautika is a rem...
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In the following essay, Lefkowitz examines the contradictory evidence concerning the famous quarrel between Apollonius and Callimachus and explains the positions held by each of the two poets.
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Apollonius Rhodius
Critical Essay by Virginia Knight
