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“Richly readable, thoroughly classical yet individually interpreted, this is a labor of love important to students, culture-seekers and readers. Obligatory for all libraries.”–Library Journal

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ISBN-10: 031320991X
ISBN-13: 978-0313209918
Author: Robert Graves
Publisher: Greenwood Press Reprint

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review by swmirsky. May 11, 1997

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Wonderfully erudite hist. novel; gives the old Greeks life.

If you like Greek myth, adventure and the classics, you're not likely to dislike this one. Graves, a renowned poet and classicist (and rather eccentric iconoclast) here retells the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, bringing these rather rambunctious fellows to life in a manner which is surprising, yet wholly consistent with the original material. Putting his own gloss on the mythic times celebrated afterwards in classical Greece and Rome, Graves posits a culture of ancient origin in the Mediteranean, … more

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