The Argonautica: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Argonautica, credited to Apollonius Rhodius, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Argonautica, by Apollonius Rhodius. Read by Librivox volunteers. The story of how Jason and a group of famous heroes of Greece took to sea in the Argos has been told many times, before and after Apollonius of Rhodes, wrote his Argonautica, in the 3rd century b.C.. It is not only the oldest full version of the tale to arrive to our days, but also the only extant example of Hellenistic epic. This was already a popular myth by the times of Apollonius, who makes the story of how Jason and the Argonauts sail to Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece, and have to go through a lot of adventures to fulfill their task, a mix of simple narrative and scholarly catalog. The Argonautica had a deep impact on European literature as a whole. (Summary by Leni)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Argonautica
• Author credits: Apollonius Rhodius
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 6:51:54

Catalogue topics

• classics
• hellenistic literature
• Greek poetry
• Greek mythology
• Jason
• Argonauts

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 11:17
2. 01 - Book 1, part 1 — 22:06
3. 02 - Book 1, part 2 — 26:38
4. 03 - Book 1, part 3 — 24:04
5. 04 - Book 1, part 4 — 23:01
6. 05 - Book 2, part 1 — 20:43
7. 06 - Book 2, part 2 — 19:26
8. 07 - Book 2, part 3 — 20:43
9. 08 - Book 2, part 4 — 15:08
10. 09 - Book 3, part 1 — 26:34
11. 10 - Book 3, part 2 — 25:31
12. 11 - Book 3, part 3 — 20:03
13. 12 - Book 3, part 4 — 19:35
14. 13 - Book 3, part 5 — 11:57
15. 14 - Book 4, part 1 — 39:41
16. 15 - Book 4, part 2 — 15:38
17. 16 - Book 4, part 3 — 16:20
18. 17 - Book 4, part 4 — 12:22
19. 18 - Book 4, part 5 — 21:35
20. 19 - Book 4, part 6 — 19:40

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