1. Outline of an Approach
2. "The Long Pathways of the Sea": Space and Time in the
Argonautika
3. Greece as Center
4. Colonial Spaces
5. Contact: Colchis and the Interplay of Similarity and
Difference
6. Rivers, Shores, Margins, and Boundaries
7. The Roundabout Homecoming
8. Conclusion: Alexandria, Poetry, and Space
References
William G. Thalmann is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, University of Southern California
"Thalmann has done the Argonautica a real service."--Jacqueline
Klooster, Mnemosyne
"An innovative approach to a complex poem."--Tim Kenny, The Journal
of Hellenic Studies
"In focusing on cultural difference, Thalmann makes an important
step forward in appreciating the Argonautika both as poetry and as
a product of Ptolemaic Alexandria. He demonstrates the power of
spatial analysis to connect erudition with storytelling and to
uncover historical vision in what has been regarded as mere
artfulness. In a theoretical argument that is both rigorous and
accessible, he uses the dynamics of displacement to advance the
crucial
project of placing Apollonius."--Frederick T. Griffiths, Classical
Philology
"Apollonius of Rhodes and the Spaces of Hellenism is elegantly
conceived, extensively researched, and beautifully written, and I
have learned much in reading it."--James J. Clauss, American
Journal of Philology
"This book adds considerably to the stock of literary criticism on
Apollonius' Argonautica, the major surviving work of epic poetry
between Homer and Virgil. The Argonautica is finally being read in
its time and place. Recommended." --CHOICE
"Apollonius of Rhodes and the Spaces of Hellenism is a welcome
book. Thalmann presents new readings of the Argonautica and a
valuable theoretical framework for the investigation of Apollonius'
work, which might also be applied to other spatial epics.
Well-written and evocative, it should help readers unfamiliar with
modern theorizations of space to approach them through a well-known
but still underestimated text." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"This is a well-written and sophisticated treatment of the spatial
organization of Apollonius' epic that begins in the traditional
Greek world but ends by examining the novel spaces of Ptolemaic
Alexandria. Thalmann uses the tropes of space and place to
construct compelling arguments about the shifting ground of Greek
identities in the early Hellenistic period. In doing so he frees
the epic from its Homeric constraints by clarifying why such a poem
would be
written where and when it was." --Susan Stephens, Stanford
University
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