Argonautica
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Argonautica is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Apollonius of Rhodes, that recounts Jason and the Argonauts’ quest for the Golden Fleece.
Observed surface forms (8)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica | 0 | 2 |
| Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica | 0 | 1 |
| Argonaut myth cycle | 0 | 1 |
| Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes | 0 | 1 |
| Argonauts’ voyage | 0 | 1 |
| Jason and the Argonauts | 0 | 1 |
| quest of the Argonauts | 0 | 1 |
| the Argonauts | 0 | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic poem
→
ancient Greek epic poem → |
| approximateDate | 3rd century BCE → |
| associatedPlace |
Alexandria, Egypt
→
surface form:
Alexandria
Rhodes → |
| author | Apollonius of Rhodes → |
| containsEpisode |
Jason's trials in Colchis
→
assembly of the Argonauts → encounter with the Symplegades → flight from Colchis → return journey with Medea → voyage through the Black Sea → |
| featuresCharacter | Medea → |
| featuresDeity |
Aphrodite
→
Athena → Eros (primordial) →
surface form:
Eros
Hera → |
| featuresGroup |
Argonauts
→
surface form:
the Argonauts
|
| featuresHero |
Atalanta (in some traditions)
→
Castor → Heracles → Orpheus → Pollux →
surface form:
Polydeuces
|
| featuresObject | Golden Fleece → |
| genre | epic poetry → |
| hasModernTranslation | multiple modern languages → |
| influenced |
Roman epic poetry
→
Virgil's Aeneid → |
| influencedBy |
Homeric epics
→
Homer's Iliad →
surface form:
Iliad
Homer's Odyssey →
surface form:
Odyssey
|
| language | Ancient Greek → |
| literaryForm | hexameter poem → |
| literaryTradition |
Argonautica
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
Argonaut myth cycle
Greek mythology → |
| mainCharacter | Jason → |
| meter | dactylic hexameter → |
| narrativeFocus | quest for the Golden Fleece → |
| period | Hellenistic period → |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts → |
| setting |
Colchis
→
Greek Antiquity →
surface form:
ancient Greece
mythical age of heroes → |
| structure | four books → |
| theme |
divine intervention
→
heroic quest → leadership and teamwork → love and betrayal → |
| traditionalAttribution | Apollonius of Rhodes → |
| workBasedOn | earlier Argonaut legends → |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jason and the Argonauts
this entity surface form:
Argonaut myth cycle
this entity surface form:
Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
this entity surface form:
quest of the Argonauts
this entity surface form:
Argonauts’ voyage
subject surface form:
Sirens
this entity surface form:
the Argonauts
this entity surface form:
Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica