Now in a riveting new verse translationJason and the Argonauts(also known as theArgonautica), is the only surviving full account of Jason's voyage on the Argo in quest of the Golden Fleece aided by the sorceress princess Medea. Written in third century B.C., this epic story of one of the most beloved heroes of Greek mythology, with its combination of the fantastical and the real, its engagement with traditions of science, astronomy and medicine, winged heroes, and a magical vessel that speaks, is truly without exact parallel in classical or contemporary Greek literature and is now available in an accessible and engaging translation.
Apolloniusof Rhodes published his first version of theArgonauticasometime in the middle of the third century B.C. At the end of his life he was director of the famous Library of Alexandria, which was the principal storehouse of all literature and learning at the time.
Aaron Poochigian, born in 1973, is a poet and an associated lecturer in Classics at The Ohio State University and has translated the Penguin Classics edition ofStung with Love: Poems and Fragmentsby Sappho, as well as works by Aeschylus and Aratus. He lives in New York City.

Benjamin Acosta-Hughesis Professor of Greek and Latin at The Ohio State University. He is the author of several works of nonfiction, includingArion's Lyre: Archaic Lyric into Hellenistic Poetry.