I. V. Rybakova Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius as Hymn to Argonauts (pp. 791–802)

Author

I. V. Rybakova (Russian State University for the Humanities Institute of linguistics)

Pages\n 791–802

Summary\n

In the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius Argonauts are represented not only as epic heroes, but also as objects of a religious cult. The poet in his epic pays much attention to the places connected with the travel of Argonauts, to descriptions of rites and to heroes’ cult epithets.

Keywords\n

Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, Argonauts, religious cult, rites, hymn.

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