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The Argonautika, the only surviving epic of the Hellenistic era, is a retelling of the tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece, probably the oldest extant Greek myth.
What would have become of the Argonautika's moral issues and dramatic tension , let alone of Jason's complex relationship to Medeia , had this lumbering demi - deus ex machina been there at every turn to eliminate the opposition ?
The Argonautika: By Apollonios Rhodios
The Argonautika, the only surviving epic of the Hellenistic era, is a retelling of the tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece, probably the oldest extant Greek myth.