CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Golden Fleece, Ancient Greek Literature, Argonautica
20 Apr 2016
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Lived and worked in alexandria, egypt: culture centre of greek world in hellenistic period: 323 bce 30 ce, athens was the centre up to this point. Liked greek literature/culture: they tried to be greek in culture. They are responsible for the spread and conservation of greek literature. Mousaion (museum) built by ptolemies: place of worship to the muses. Library; an important part of the mousaion: copies of all classic" texts, burned down, everything lost. Poets of the time were scholars; engaged in skilled competition: three major poets: callimachus, apollonius, and. Preferred to keep it shorter, more succinct original. Jason and the argonauts on the argo on a quest for the golden fleece. Jason"s father was the cousin of the boy. Jason"s parents try to trick the people around them and tell them that jason was stillborn. He wanders to his uncle"s house where his uncle is scared of a prophesy about him.
