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#1507: Part 23, Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius

Posted in Folk Tales, Long, Poetry, tagged , , , , on March 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »

The Argonautica ends with one last blast of trouble for the Argonauts: a classical giant robot and the mythological origin of the island Thera.

Part 23

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#1475: Pt. 18, Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius

Posted in Folk Tales, Long, Poetry, tagged , , , , on December 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The Argonautica continues, as the tragedy portion of the story of Jason and Medea begins. I don’t think I ever learned this part of the story; but it does make the stuff that happened later in their lives make a lot more sense. The Greek gods didn’t mind stealing and raiding, but kinslaying was a big no-no.

Part 18: Kinslaying.

18:23.

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#1466: Part 17, Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius

Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Folk Tales, tagged , , , , , on December 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The Argonautica continues, as Medea tells Jason how to get the Golden Fleece.

Part 17

24:45.

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#1456: Part 16, Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius

Posted in Fantasy, Folk Tales, Long, Poetry, tagged , , , , , on November 30, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The Argonautica continues, as Jason sows the dragon’s teeth and fights the warriors of the Earthborn!

Part 16

18:20.

PS — Don’t forget to watch the “Jason and the Argonauts” episode on the PBS show In Search of Myths and Heroes. It’s on tonight here, so it may be on in your part of the US also.

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#1449: Part 15, Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius

Posted in Folk Tales, Long, Poetry, tagged , , , on November 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Argonautica continues, and so do Medea’s mixed feelings, as she gives Jason the magic potion he needs.

Part 15

25:49.

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#1436: Part 14, Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius

Posted in Fantasy, Folk Tales, Long, Poetry, tagged , , , on November 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Argonautica continues. Medea must decide whether or not to help Jason, a stranger, and go against the wishes of her own father; or to let him be killed, along with her sister-sons and a whole ship’s crew of heroes.

This is amazing stuff, even in translation, and I really don’t think I did anything near enough justice to it. If anybody out there is looking for a dramatic monologue to perform for speech class or an audition, I suggest you look here. (We don’t normally remember that Medea wasn’t just a princess, priestess, witch, and maniacally vengeful child-murderer; at this point she is a girl in the throes of first love.)

Part 14.

21:29.

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