Download or read book Vergil's Aeneid and the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius written by Damien Nelis and published by Francis Cairns Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virgil's debt to Homer is well known but, as this detailed and specialised analysis demonstrates, Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica , itself influenced by Homer, was a more immediate source. Assuming prior knowledge of the texts, Greek and Latin, Damien Nelis scrutinises and compares specific episodes, characters or passages of text from Virgil, Apollonius and Homer, providing a fresh perspective on all three authors, and looks for the reasoning behind Virgil's choice of sources. Extracts in Greek and Latin.