Argonautica

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Hellenistic poem ancient Greek epic poem

Argonautica is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Apollonius of Rhodes, that recounts Jason and the Argonauts’ quest for the Golden Fleece.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Argonautica canonical 18
Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica 9
Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica 7

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 (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hesperides → mentionedIn → Argonautica ⓘ
Thessaly → associatedWith → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jason and the Argonauts
Hera → notableMyth → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argonauts’ voyage
Helios → mentionedIn → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
the Sirens → opposedBy → Argonautica ⓘ
subject surface form: Sirens
this entity surface form: the Argonauts
Circe → appearsIn → Argonautica ⓘ
Circe → sourceText → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica
Colchis → associatedWithMyth → Argonautica ⓘ
Colchis → mythologicalEventLocation → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: quest of the Argonauts
Jason → appearsIn → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes
Argonautica → literaryTradition → Argonautica self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argonaut myth cycle
Aristaeus → source → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica
Erato → mentionedIn → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica
Charon → mentionedIn → Argonautica ⓘ
Hellenistic poetry → hasNotableWork → Argonautica ⓘ
The Argonauts → titleInspiredBy → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: the myth of Jason and the Argonauts
Aeëtes → appearsIn → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes
Castor → appearsInWork → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica
Pollux → appearsIn → Argonautica ⓘ
Glaucus → sourceText → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica
Children of Helios → appearsIn → Argonautica ⓘ
Argonautic expedition → hasSource → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
Kingdom of Colchis → appearsInWork → Argonautica ⓘ
Argonauts → appearsInWork → Argonautica ⓘ
Argonauts → appearsInWork → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
Mysia → mentionedIn → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica
Amazons → appearsIn → Argonautica ⓘ
Iolkos → mentionedInWork → Argonautica ⓘ
Medea → appearsIn → Argonautica ⓘ
land of the Golden Fleece → appearsIn → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: myth of Jason and the Argonauts
land of the Golden Fleece → appearsIn → Argonautica ⓘ
land of the Golden Fleece → associatedWithMythCycle → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argonaut cycle
Aia → mentionedIn → Argonautica ⓘ
Apollonius of Rhodes → notableWork → Argonautica ⓘ
Apollonius of Rhodes → wrote → Argonautica ⓘ
Apollonius of Rhodes → hasPart → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argonautica Book 1
Apollonius of Rhodes → hasPart → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argonautica Book 2
Apollonius of Rhodes → hasPart → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argonautica Book 3
Apollonius of Rhodes → hasPart → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argonautica Book 4
Colchians → mentionedIn → Argonautica ⓘ
Colchian culture → associatedWith → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: myth of Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece → partOf → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: myth of Jason and the Argonauts
Golden Fleece → narratedIn → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
Aeson → appearsIn → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
Alcimede → mentionedIn → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
Cretheus → mentionedIn → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica
Iolcus → hasSource → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
Hypsipyle → appearsIn → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
Argo → associatedWithMyth → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: quest for the Golden Fleece
Argo → appearsInWork → Argonautica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes