Publisher's Synopsis
Argonauticon Libri Octo est poema epicum a Gaius Valerius Flaccus scriptum, quod de expeditione Argonautarum narrat. Opus constat ex octo libris, quibus singulis fabulae de Argonautis et eorum aventuris describuntur. In libris, Argonautae, qui a Iasone, Thessaliae principe, convocati sunt, ad Colchidem navigant, ut auro auream pellem petant. In cursu suae expeditionis, Argonautae multas difficultates et pericula superant, inter quae est etiam amores inter Medeam, Colchidis regis filiam, et Iasone. Argonauticon Libri Octo est una ex operibus poesis epicis Latinae, quae post Homeri Iliadem et Odysseam scripta est.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
