UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES
DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS
Q83ARG
Jason and the Argonauts
(20 CREDITS)
Convener:
Dr Helen Lovatt
(Office: C19; [email protected])
Teaching Team: Toni Badnall [email protected]
Dr Carl Buckland [email protected]
Eleanor Glendinning [email protected]
Professor Judith Mossman [email protected]
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SPRING SEMESTER 2007
Module Booklet - Q83ARG
Jason and the Argonauts
Table of contents
1. Module aims, content and role
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2. Objectives of the module
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3. Teaching and study methods
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4. Timetable of classes
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5. Assessment
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a) coursework
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b) formal examination
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6. How to do well in this module
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7. Bibliography
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8. Appendix of material
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Important notes
Please note that the information contained in this booklet is provisional. In particular, the dates and
times of classes may need to be changed as a result of unforeseen circumstances. It is your
responsibility to make sure that you are aware of such changes by consulting the noticeboards on
the first floor of the Classics Department, ARCS, regularly.
This booklet does not repeat information given in the Department of Classics Undergraduate
Handbook (available online at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/classics/). Everything in these
booklets, so far as it is relevant to this module, should be deemed to form part of this booklet,
unless explicitly superseded below.
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1. Module Aims, Content and Role
This module may be taken by second and third year students, from the Department of Classics or
other departments. There are no prerequisites, and the module should be of interest to students of
non-classical literature as well as classical. The main aim of this module is to explore the myth of
Jason and the Argonauts in Apollonius' Argonautica and other texts, images and receptions, ancient
and modern.
This module is a cross-medium, cross-genre, cross-cultural perspective on one important myth:
Jason and Medea, the quest for the golden fleece, the journey of the first ship, Greek civilisation
meets Colchian barbarism: the myth that pre-dates Homer and brings together the famous fathers of
Homeric heroes (Peleus, Telamon); the gathering of the marvellous, the semi-divine and the ultraheroic; a quest that replaces war with love. The central text will be the Hellenistic Argonautica of
Apollonius Rhodius but a wide range of texts, images and films, Greek, Roman and beyond will be
part of the module. Things to think about: how does myth work in the ancient world? How do
representations in different media interact? When does myth-making become reception? How do
the Greeks represent Greek culture and the barbarian other? How does Roman literature reappropriate and re-work Greek myth? How do modern versions reflect on and construct the ancient
world? Themes include: the Greeks and the other; civilisation and colonisation; Jason and Medea;
gender and sexuality (the Lemnian women, Hercules and Hylas); the nature of heroism (Cyzicus
and friendly fire); monsters, marvels and magic.
You will need a copy of Apollonius Rhodius, Jason and the Golden Fleece: The Argonautica,
translated by Richard Hunter (Oxford: World’s Classics 1993), which has been ordered by the
bookshop. This is the core text for the course and you should bring it to all lectures and seminars.
2. Objectives of the Module
On successful completion of this module, you should:
1) be familiar with a range of texts, images and receptions of the Argonautic myth including
Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica
2) be able to analyse the interactions of myth, literature, art and reception
3) be able to situate versions of the Argonautic myth in their generic, historical and political
contexts
4) be able to recognize, evaluate and engage with secondary approaches to the Argonautica
You should also have improved:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
written communication skills in coursework and exam
oral communication skills in seminars
analysis and evaluation of data
selection, recall and use of data to produce informed and effective arguments
critical reflection on own learning and analytical skills
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3. Teaching and Study Methods
Teaching
There will be 19 lectures and 5 seminars in this module. The lectures will aim to orient, introduce
and direct your own exploration of the key text, other versions of the Argonautic myth and
associated secondary literature, while the seminars will concentrate on understanding of key
concepts and engagement with Apollonius in particular. The majority of lectures will be given by
the convener, but there will be guest lectures from last time’s teaching team (Dalida Agri, Toni
Badnall, Carl Buckland and Sarah Miles).
It is important that you read around the subject independently and pursue your own interests and
ideas. You should read (and make sure you understand) all of Apollonius' Argonautica. It is also a
good idea to pick two or three other versions of the Argonautica in whatever medium and get to
know them well. You will also need to engage with the secondary literature.
For each seminar, we will focus on particular episodes in Apollonius, compared with another
version, and I will ask you to read, watch or look at material in advance, and to prepare questions
for discussion in the seminar. Seminar sheets will be handed out in lectures and additional copies
left in the module tray in the agora.
WebCT
I will use WebCT to post materials from lectures, seminar sheets, guidance on coursework, make
announcements, make available images and urls. It is a good idea to familiarise yourself with
WebCT if you have not used it before.
Outline of hours for this module
As a guide, the following is the breakdown of the hours suggested for this module. Obviously, each
individual might need or want to spend more or fewer hours on any one specific element, but this
table is designed to help you sensibly allocate your time.
lectures
19 hours
seminars
5 hours
preparation for seminars
10 hours
reading Apollonius
20 hours
further reading and research (primary and secondary material) = 24 hours
essay preparation and writing
30 hours
revision for exam
17 hours
total
125 hours
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4. Timetable of Classes
The hours provisionally arranged for this module are:
Lectures: Tuesday at 11 in PORTLAND C11
Thursday at 9 in PORTLAND C11
Seminars: The times and places arranged for seminars are as follows. You will be asked which times
you cannot attend at the first lecture and then be allocated a group accordingly. You will be in this
group for the rest of the module.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Monday at 9
Monday at 1
Tuesday at 10
Tuesday at 12
Wednesday at 10
Friday at 10
Friday at 1
PORT C4/5
TRENT C7
POPE A21
COATES A3
TRENT LG9
ARCS C6
TRENT A90
Eleanor Glendinning
Dr Carl Buckland
Dr Carl Buckland
Dr Helen Lovatt
Professor Judith Mossman
Professor Judith Mossman
Toni Badnall
There will also be a screening of the film Jason and the Argonauts (1963) on Wednesday October
22 at 3-5 in the Hallward screening room; on Wednesday 12 November at 3-5 in LASS B63 there
will be a screening of Jason and the Argonauts (2000 TV movie). The films are also available from
the departmental library (C6 – open lunch times) to watch in your own time. Other primary
materials such as children’s books will also be available in C6 to consult.
Provisional schedule for the module
Week
beg.
29.9
6.10
13.10
20.10
27.10
3.11
10.11
17.11
24.11
1.12
8.12
Lecture 1 (Tues at 11)
Lecture 2 (Thurs at 9)
Seminar
Approaches to Myth
Before Apollonius
Jason and Heroism (Dalida
Agri)
Phineus and Harpies (Carl
Buckland)
Boarding the Argo
The first ship
Further Jasons
Seminar 1: Myth
Colonisation and
Civilisation
Reading Week
From Neo-Latin to infinity:
case studies in reception
Myth on film: Gods,
heroes and monsters
Jason and Hypsipyle in
Greek drama (Sarah Miles)
Gutting the Argonautica:
children's books
Quests and jousts (Toni
Badnall)
Revision, conclusion,
overview.
Hypsipyles
Weds 12 Nov 3-5: Screening
of Jason and the Argonauts
(2000) LASS B63
Seminar 3: Contexts
Past and present in
Apollonius
Medeas
Seminar 4: Love
Roman Argonauticas
Argonautic visions: Art
and text in Apollonius
Wed 22 Oct 3-5: Screening of
Jason and the Argonauts
(1963) Hallward screening
room.
Seminar 2: Gods
Seminar 5: Revision and exam
preparation
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You are reminded that seminars are compulsory, and that if you miss one of these for a good
reason, it is your responsibility to inform your seminar tutor of this reason by e-mail as soon as
possible – preferably before the class in question. Persistent absenteeism will be penalised by
awarding a mark of 0% for any remaining assessment on the module (including exams). Any
student who fails to provide a satisfactory explanation for absences will be asked for such an
explanation, and if one is not forthcoming, will be warned that the penalty will be imposed unless
matters improve. This request and warning will be sent to your University e-mail. It is your
responsibility to check your University e-mail regularly.
5. Assessment
a) one 3,000 word essay or outreach project (60% of the overall mark)
b) a formal 2 hour examination (40% of the overall mark)
a) Essay
Deadline: Thursday 27 November 2008
There are two options for your coursework. You can do either
a) an essay on one or two versions of the Argonautic myth or
b) an outreach project on the same material.
Further guidance will be given later on what these two options involve.
Word count: You must provide a word-count for your coursework, in the space provided on the
Departmental Cover Sheet. Your word processor will have a tool for providing a word-count.
The word-limit on the essay is 3000 words. A variation of 5% in either direction (i.e. ranging from
2850 to 3150 words) is acceptable. A variation of more than 5% is unacceptable: an essay of less
then 2850 words will not cover the question adequately, and an essay of more than 3150 words,
however good it is, will be penalised by 5% for excessive length.
When calculating the word-count for your essay, you should include footnotes/endnotes, but
exclude the title and bibliography.
If there is no word-count on your cover-sheet, the marker will estimate the word-count of your
essay, and will penalise the essay if it appears to be overlength.
Format and submission:
Your essay should be submitted through the letter-box at the Departmental Office by 12 noon on
Thurs 27 November 2008, with a Departmental Cover Sheet attached. Any essay submitted after 12
noon on the day of the deadline will incur a 5% lateness penalty. An essay submitted after 12 noon
on the day after the deadline will incur a 10% lateness penalty, and so on. See further
Undergraduate Handbook, 5.4.
All essays must be word-processed. Any potential problems, consult me in advance.
WARNING
Coursework must be wholly your own work. You must not quote or paraphrase the words of
published authors without acknowledgement. Failure to acknowledge your sources may lead to your
being suspected of plagiarism, that is, the academic offence of seeking an unfair advantage by using
other people's work as though it were your own. Your coursework coversheet will include a
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declaration, which you must sign, stating that the work is your own and that you have
acknowledged all material taken from other sources.
Marking: Note that the mark initially assigned is provisional and will be confirmed by the
moderator or external examiner. You will receive written feedback on your essay so as to help you
target areas of weakness, whether in content or technique.
Objectives: preparation for the essay will demand close analysis of primary material and critical
reading of the secondary literature. Writing the essay will develop your skills in expressing your
thoughts coherently in written form.
Essay topics: The essay should be an exploration of one or more representations/versions of the
Argonautic myth. Apollonius’ Argonautica may be one of these versions, but should not be the sole
focus of the essay. Your main focus should be on one or two of the episodes covered by the
Argonautica. You may need to touch on later developments not within the chronological framework
of Apollonius’ story (i.e. the tragic Medea), but should not make these your main focus. You will
need to choose your own versions to explore, and discuss your plans with your seminar tutor. Time
will be set aside for this in the second seminar. You must agree your choice of topic either with
your seminar tutor or with me by Friday 16 March.
There is a wide range of material to choose from, ancient and modern, literary, visual and other. I
recommend pursuing your own interests and choosing either one version to explore in detail, or
more than one to compare.
What I am not looking for is a list of similarities and differences between your text and 'the myth'.
You should rather aim to analyse how your particular version works: narrative choices may well
prove a good starting point for this, but remember that there never was one 'myth'. What makes your
chosen version distinctive? How does it fit into its own context? Does the medium affect the
message? If so, how? What might be the response of different viewers/readers/audiences?
It is a good policy to concentrate in detail on one episode or a few examples, allowing yourself the
opportunity for close textual/visual analysis.
Try to find relevant secondary literature (there will not always be any) and learn about historical
contexts from reference works.
You can choose to focus entirely on ancient or modern material, but it is always important to
contextualise your material.
A list of potential material is appended to this booklet. I will also put the file on WebCT, where I
will continue to update it. You are not however restricted to the material in this list; if you find other
relevant material, do use it (and indeed let me know about it). Credit will be given for independent
research and thinking.
Outreach projects: In conjunction with the Centre for Integrative Learning, and the department’s
outreach programme, NoCOut (Nottingham Classics Out and about), you have the opportunity to
use your research into Jason and the Argonauts as the basis for an outreach project. This will either
involve writing material suitable for an outreach website, or going into a school to make a
presentation. You will document your work with a portfolio which might include the following
elements: reflective statement, diary, annotated bibliography, teaching materials, feedback
questionnaires. Further information on this option will be available later in the semester.
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b) Formal examination
The formal examination will last two hours and will consist of passages for comment taken from
Apollonius' Argonautica and general essay questions. Advice on how to tackle this will be given in
the final seminar; lectures and seminars will provide examples of close reading in action. The exam
should allow you to show off your skills in close reading and analysis, and to make the most of your
broad reading of the Argonautic myth in its varied incarnations. You should answer the general
essay questions with regard to all the material you have studied, including Apollonius, but being
careful to avoid an exclusive focus on your essay topic.
6. How to do well in this module
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attend sessions and try to engage with the lecturer and your peer-group
contribute to seminar discussion, ask questions, and test-drive your ideas
read widely in the primary and secondary material
follow up your interests in lectures by further reading
prepare for the seminars by reading around the questions for discussion
plan your essay carefully; do it thoroughly and in good time
make sure that you leave yourself sufficient time to revise the material
select a variety of primary material to use as examples in the exam
try to identify problem areas early and always ask the lecturer for help
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7. Bibliography (items marked with an asterisk are in short loan)
Myth
Bremmer, J. (ed.) (1988) Interpretations of Greek Mythology, London.
*Buxton, R. (1994) Imaginary Greece: The Contexts of Mythology, Cambridge.
*Csapo, E. (2005) Theories of mythology, Oxford.
*Dowden, K. (1992) The Uses of Greek Mythology, London.
Edmunds, L. (1990) Approaches to Greek Myth, Baltimore.
*Gantz, T. (1993) Early Greek Myth: a guide to literary and artistic sources, Baltimore.
Graf, F. (1993) Greek Mythology: An Introduction, Baltimore.
Powell, B. B. (2002) A short introduction to Classical myth, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
*Segal, R. A. (2004) Myth: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford.
Shapiro, H. A. (1994) Myth into Art: Poet and Painter in Classical Greece, London.
*Small, J. P. (2003) The parallel worlds of Classical art and text, Cambridge.
Veyne, P. (1988) Did the Greeks believe in their myths? An essay on the constitutive imagination,
Chicago.
*Woodford, S. (2003) Images of Myths in Classical Antiquity, Cambridge.
Apollonius
Beye, C. R. (1993) Ancient epic poetry: Homer, Apollonius and Virgil, Ithaca.
Byre, C. S. (1991) 'The narrator's addresses to the narratee in Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica',
TAPA 121, 215-27.
*Byre, C. S. (2002) A reading of Apollonius' Argonautica: The poetics of uncertainty, Lampeter.
*Clare, R. (2002) The Path of the Argo, Cambridge.
Clare, R. (1996) 'Catullus 64 and the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius: allusion and exemplarity',
PCPS 42, 60-88.
Clauss, J. J. and Johnston, S. I. (eds.) (1997) Medea: Essays on Medea in myth literature,
philosophy and art, Princeton.
*Clauss, J. J. (1993) The Best of the Argonauts: The Redefinition of the Epic Hero in Book 1 of
Apollonius' Argonautica, Berkeley.
Conte, G. B. (1992) 'Proems in the middle', YCS 29, 147-59.
*DeForest, M. M. (1994) Apollonius' Argonautica: A Callimachean Epic, Leiden.
Dickie, M. (1990) 'Talos bewitched: magic, atomic theory and paradoxography in Apollonius
Argonautica 4.1638-88', in Cairns, F. (ed.) Papers of the Leeds International Latin Seminar,
Leeds, 267-97.
Dyck, A. R. (1989) 'On the way from Colchis to Corinth: Medea in book 4 of the Argonautica',
Hermes 117, 455-70.
*Feeney, D. C. (1991) The Gods in Epic, Oxford. (chapter 2 on Apollonius)
*Foley, J. M. (ed.) (2005) A companion to ancient epic, Oxford.
Galinsky, G. K. (1972) The Herakles Theme, Oxford.
George, E. V. (1972) 'Poet and characters in Apollonius Rhodius' Lemnian episode', Hermes 100,
47-63.
Goldhill, S. (1991) The Poet's Voice: Essays on Poetics and Greek Literature, Cambridge. Ch 5 on
poetics of Apollonius
*Harder, A. and Cuypers, M. (eds.) (2005) Beginning from Apollo: Studies in Apollonius Rhodius
and the Argonautic tradition, Leuven.
*Harder, A., Regtuit, R. F. and Wakker, G. C. (eds.) (2000) Apollonius Rhodius, Leuven. Esp
essays by Stephens, S. A. 'Writing epic for the Ptolemaic court', 195-215)
Harder, A. (1994) 'Travel descriptions in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius', in Martels, Z. v.
(ed.) Travel Fact and Travel Fiction, Leiden, 16-29.
Hunter, R. L. (1987) 'Medea's flight: the fourth book of the Argonautica', CQ 37, 129-39.
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(1988) ''Short on heroics': Jason in the Argonautica', CQ 38, 436-53.
(1989) Argonautica Book 3, Cambridge.
**(1993) The Argonautica of Apollonius, Cambridge. Best introduction to Apollonius
*Hutchinson, G. O. (1988) Hellenistic Poetry, Oxford. Ch 3. Good on literary context.
Jackson, S. B. (1992) 'Apollonius' Jason: human being in an epic scenario', Greece and Rome 39,
155-62.
(1999) 'Apollonius' Argonautica: The Theseus/Ariadne desertion', RhM 142, 52-7.
Kouromenos, T. (1996) 'Heracles, Jason and programmatic similes in Apollonius Rhodius'
Argonautica', RhM 139, 533-50.
Lawall, G. (1966) 'Apollonius' Argonautica: Jason as anti-hero', YCS 19, 119-69.
Mackie, C. J. (2001) 'The earliest Jason: what's in a name?' Greece and Rome 48, 1-17.
Nelis, D. (1992) 'Demodocus and the song of Orpheus (Ap. Rhod. 1.496-511)', Museum Helveticum
49, 153-70.
*(2001) Vergil's Aeneid and the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius, Chippenham, Wiltshire.
*Papanghelis, T. D. and Rengakos, A. (eds.) (2001) A Companion to Apollonius Rhodius, Leiden.
Pavlock, B. (1990) Eros, Imitation and Epic Tradition, Ithaca.
Pickard, W. F. (1987) 'The Symplegades', Greece and Rome 34, 1-6.
Rose, A. R. (1984) 'Three narrative themes in Apollonius' Bebrycian episode (Argonautika 2.1-63)',
Wiener Studien 18, 115-35.
Shapiro, H. A. (1980) 'Jason's cloak', TAPA 110, 263-86.
Steinhart, M. and Slater, W. J. (1997) 'Phineus as monoposiast', JHS 117, 203-11.
Swain, S. (1995) 'Apollonius in Wonderland', in Innes, D., Hine, H. and Pelling, C. (eds.) Ethics
and Rhetoric, Oxford.
Toohey, P. (1995) 'Epic and rhetoric: speech-making and persuasion in Homer and Apollonius',
Arachnion 1, http://www.cisi.unito.it/arachne/num1/toohey.html.
Williams, M. F. (1991) Landscape in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius, Frankfurt.
(1996) 'The character of Aeetes in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius', Hermes 124, 463-79.
Zanker, G. (1979) 'The love theme in Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica', Wiener Studien 13, 52-75.
(1987) Realism in Alexandrian poetry: a literature and its audience, London.
8. Appendix: List of Material
Text:
Ancient:
Pindar Pythian 4: text and trans.: *Race, W. H. (ed.) (1997) Pindar. Olympian and Pythian Odes.,
Cambridge, Mass. with *Segal, C. (1986) Pindar's Mythmaking: The Fourth Pythian Ode,
Princeton.
Euripides Medea: trans. Davie, J. and Rutherford, R. (eds.) (2003) Euripides Medea, London.
Euripides Hypsipyle (fragmentary): text, trans. and comm. Collard, C., Cropp, M. J. and Lee, K. H.
(eds.) (2004) Euripides: Selected Fragmentary Plays, Warminster.
Apollonius Argonautica¸ see above!
Theocritus Idyll 13 (Hylas) and 22 (Amycus): trans. *Verity, A. and Hunter, R. L. (eds.) (2003)
Theocritus. Idylls, Oxford; text and comm. of poem 13 *Hunter, R. L. (ed.) (1999)
Theocritus. A Selection, Cambridge.
Catullus 64: text, trans. and comm. *Godwin, J. (ed.) (1995) Catullus. Poems 61-68, Warminster.
with *Konstan, D. (1977) Catullus' Indictment of Rome: The Meaning of Catullus 64,
Amsterdam.
Varro of Atax Argonautica (lost): fragments in Courtney, E. (1993) The Fragmentary Latin Poets,
Oxford 238-43.
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Virgil Aeneid : trans. West, D. (1991) Virgil's Aeneid: A new prose translation, Harmondsworth.
with Nelis, D. (2001) Vergil's Aeneid and the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius,
Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Propertius 1.20 (Hylas): trans. and comm.: *Baker, R. J. (2000 (2nd ed.)) Propertius 1,
Warminster.
Bramble, J. (1974) 'Cui non dictus Hylas puer? Propertius 1.20', in Woodman, A. and West, D.
(eds.) Quality and Pleasure in Latin Literature, Cambridge, 81-93.
Ovid Medea (lost)
Ovid Metamorphoses 7.1-159: trans. Raeburn, D. (2004) Metamorphoses: a new verse translation,
London.
Ovid Heroides 6 and 12: trans. *Isbell, H. (1990) Ovid Heroides, Harmondsworth. Comm. on 6:
*Knox, P. (ed.) (1995) Heroides: Select Epistles, Cambridge.
Seneca Medea: text, trans. and comm. *Hine, H. (ed.) (2000) Seneca Medea, Warminster.
Valerius Flaccus Argonautica: text and trans. *Mozley, J. H. (1934) Valerius Flaccus
Argonautica, Cambridge, Mass. with *Hershkowitz, D. (1998) Valerius Flaccus'
Argonautica: Abbreviated Voyages in Silver Latin Epic, Oxford.
Statius Thebaid 5 (Hypsipyle): trans. *Ross, C. S. (2004) The Thebaid: Seven Against Thebes,
Baltimore. with Gibson, B. (2004) 'The repetitions of Hypsipyle', in Gale, M. (ed.) Latin
Epic and Didactic Poetry, Swansea, 149-80. (on order in library – please ask me.)
Orphic Argonautica (no English translation available & not in library – French translation
available in other libraries – if you'd like to work on this, talk to me!) with Hunter, R. L.
(2005) 'Generic Consciousness in the Orphic Argonautica', in Paschalis, M. (ed.) Roman and
Greek Imperial Epic, Rethymnon, 149-68 and Nelis, D. P. (2005) 'The reading of Orpheus:
The Orphic Argonautica and the Epic Tradition', in Paschalis, M. (ed.) Roman and Greek
Imperial Epic, Rethymnon, 170-92. (on order in library)
Modern:
Corneille, P. (1661) La Conquete de la Toison d'Or, Paris. Pageant.
Forman, Justus Miles (1910) Jason available online at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13261
Gardner, J., (1973) Jason and Medeia, New York. Book length poem.
Glover, R. (1799) Jason: A tragedy, available via UNLOC as ebook.
Graves, R. (1944) The Golden Fleece, London. Novel.
Grillparzer, F. (1820) The Golden Fleece Trilogy, In library in German. Tragedy.
Harte, E. P. (1910) Tales of the Argonauts and other sketches, New York.
Hawthorne, J. (1930ish) The Golden Fleece. Novel. available online at
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1614
Holdstock, Robert (2007) The Merlin Codex (fantasy trilogy reworking Jason myth: Bk 1: Celtika,
Bk 2: The Iron Grail, Bk 3: The Broken Kings).
Keeley and Sherrard (eds.) (1993) Seferis, G., Complete Poems.
Macleish, A. and Mason, L. (1917) Tower of Ivory, New Haven. Poems.
Morris, W. (1867) The Life and Death of Jason, London. Epic poem retelling.
Muller, H. (1984) 'Landscape with Argonauts', Hamletmachine and other texts for the stage, New
York. Ultra-modern play.
Orzeszko/Orzeszkowa, Eliza (1900 ish) The Argonauts. Novel. Available online at:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20537
Pavese, C. (1990) Dialogues with Leuco, Ann Arbor. Poems.
Priestley, J. B. (1948) 'The Golden Fleece', Three Comedies. Play.
Saberhagan, F. (2001) God of the Golden Fleece. Fantasy novel.
Sawyer, R. (1999) Golden Fleece. Sci-fi novel.
Sitwell, O. (1919) Argonaut and Juggernaut, London. Poems.
Theotokas, G. (1951) Argo (trans. Brooke and Tsatsopoulos), London. Novel set in Modern Greece,
using Argonauts mainly as an image.
Treece, H. (1961) Jason, London. Novelisation.
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Vegio, M. (2004) Short epics, Cambridge, Mass. 'Golden Fleece.' Neo-Latin epic, with translation
and introduction by Michael Putnam.
Wakoski, D. (1997) Argonaut Rose. Poems.
Willetts, R. F. (1984) Argo: A selection of poems.
Wolf, Christa (1998) Medea
Children's books:
Bradman, T. and Ross, T. (2005) Jason and the Voyage to the Edge of the World.
Brooks, F. Jason and the Argonauts, Usborne.
Catran, K. (2000) Voyage with Jason, Bath.
Colston West, L. (2004) Jason!
Colum, P. (1967) Jason and the heroes who lived before Achilles.
Hawthorne, N. (1851) Tanglewood Tales, Boston.
Kingsley, C. (1889) The Heroes, London. Available on line at
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/youth/classic/Heroes/chap1.html
Lang, A. (1903) The Story of the Golden Fleece, Philadelphia.
Malam, J. and Antram, D. (2004) Jason and the Argonauts.
Riordan, J. (2003) Jason and the Golden Fleece.
Seraillier, I. (1971) The Clashing Rocks, London.
Yolen, J. and Harris, R. J. (2004) Jason and the Gorgon's Blood, New York.
Zarabouka, S. (2004) Jason and the Golden Fleece.
Zeff, C. (2003) Jason and the Golden Fleece
Art:
Ancient
Castor and Pollux capture Talos, the bronze giant who guarded the island of Crete. *red-figured
vase, 5th cent. B.C. from Apulia (Museo Jatta in Ruvo di Puglia) (Summers website)
Antique bas-relief depicting the building of the ship Argo. Rome, Villa Albani. (Grimal 54)
The Argonauts with Athena, two-handled bowl, c. 460 BC. Paris, Louvre.
(http://www.milica.com.au/greek_myths/legends/argo1_t.htm)
The Building of the Argo (http://www.milica.com.au/greek_myths/legends/argo1_t.htm)
Find other images in the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC) under names of
characters: Jason, Medea, Argonautai, Amykos, Hypsipyle etc.
Modern
Lorenzo Costa (1459-1535), The Argonauts, Civic Museum, Padua
Erasmus Quellin (1607-1608, Antwerp, after a sketch by Rubens) Jason and the Golden Fleece
(Summers website)
Salvator Rosa, 1615-73, Jason and the dragon, 1668, Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal.
Jean-Francois DeTroy, 1679-1752 The Capture of the Golden Fleece, design for tapestry series,
National Gallery, available online.
Tiepolo, 1727-1804, The Golden Fleece (The Glorification of Spain) Hercules with Cupid and
Fama presenting the golden fleece to the Spanish monarchy. 1764-6. On-line.
Richard Dadd, 1817-86, The Flight of Medea with Jason, 1855. V and A museum. Available online.
Bertel Thorwaldsen (1770-1844), Jason, Thorwaldsen Museum, Copenhagen
Gustav Moreau, 1826-98, Jason and Medea; Jason and the Argonauts. Musee d'Orsay, Paris;
Moreau museum
A modern representation of the Jason story (c. 1910) by British watercolor artist Wm. Russell Flint
(1880-1969). (Summers website)
Turner, Jason, exhibited 1802 (online at http://www.tate.org.uk/)
John William Waterhouse, series of Argonautica paintings, including Jason and Medea, Hylas and
the nymphs c.1872
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Herbert James Draper, 1864-1920, The Golden Fleece, 1904. Bradford Art Galleries.
Maxfield Parrish, 1870-1966, Quest of the Golden Fleece, series of paintings 1908.
Giorgio de Chirico, 1888-1978, The departure of the Argonauts, 1909.
Max Beckmann, 1884-1950, The Argonauts, triptych. 1949-50.
Other:
Fonts: Argonautica font family at Fonthaus:
http://www.fonthaus.com/products/fonts/list_fontfamily.cfm/family/Argonautica/,
accessed
17.01.07.
Scientific and educational project:
http://www.jason.oceanobs.com/html/argonautica/welcome_uk.html, accessed 17.01.07
Band: Argonautica, Black metal/metal/folk. online at
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=43774017, accessed
17.01.07.
Chaffey, D. dir. (1963) Jason and the Argonauts (film, produced by Ray Harryhausen)
Francisci, P. dir. (1958) Hercules (Fatiche di Ercole) (film starring bodybuilder Steve Reeves as
Hercules, with main focus on the Argonautic voyage)
Pasolini, P. dir. (1969) Medea
The Order of the Golden Fleece (Newman article in Papanghelis and Rengakos)
The Toronto Argonauts (Summers website)
The Jason Expedition: Underwater explorer and enthusiast of the ancient world Robert Ballard's
educational foundation. (Summers website)
The Jasons, a low-profile, semi-secret group of civilian scientific advisers to the Pentagon and other
branches of the federal government for global security. (Summers website)
Argonauts of the Western Isles: Sea Kayaking off Scotland's West Coast, Robin Lloyd-Jones
(London: Diadem, 1989)
The Argonaut Affair, Simon Hawke (Headline, 1989)
Gold seeker: Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut during the gold rush year Jean-Nicolas Perlot,
trans. H.H.Bretner (New Haven: Yale UP, 1985)
Argonauts of the Western Pacific: an Account of native enterprise and adventure in the
archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea. Bronislaw Malinowski. Pref. J.G.Frazer. 2002
Whittier and the Quaker Argonauts, Warren, R. L., (Salem, Mass., 1992)
Masters, E. L. (2002) The Golden Fleece of California.
Paulus Potters (1994) The Argonauts (Jazz blues fusion album – available on Amazon)
Severin, T. (1986) The Jason Voyage. (book of TV series reconstructing the voyage of the Argo)
Willings, N. (dir.) (2000) Jason and the Argonauts. Hallmark Entertainment Network. TV miniseries starring Jason London, Natasha Henstridge etc.
Useful websites:
http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/ARGONAUTS.html : a summary of one version of the
story (Apollodorus? Apollonius?) with a good list of argonauts, some excellent images and citations
of sources, accessed 17.01. 07.
http://bama.ua.edu/~ksummers/projects/jason/jason_and_the_argonauts.htm : Kirk Summers,
University of Alabama, sample project on modern uses of the Argonaut myth from mythology
module (http://bama.ua.edu/~ksummers/cl222/ - also much useful material), accessed 17.01.07
http://www.milica.com.au/greek_myths/legends/argo1_t.htm: useful summary with images. On
'From Myth to Eternity' site, by Milica, accessed 17.01.07.
Wikipedia on Apollonius Argonautica: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonautica, accessed
17.01.07, with some useful links.
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