Dickinson College Commentaries

Argonautic travels in the Adriatic

Argonautic travels in the Adriatic

Summer storms in the Adriatic

Summer storms in the Adriatic

The escape route of the Argonauts after the murder of Apsyrtus

The route taken by the Argonauts after the murder of Apsyrtus

Rosemary Hulse reads Argonautica, Book 4.183-235

Rosemary Hulse reads Argonautica, Book 4.109-182

River Kur (Kyrus)

Apollonius perhaps thought that the River Kur (Kyrus) joined the Phasis somewhere in the Caucasus Mountains

Jason eagerly leaps ashore

François Vase (Black Figure Krater, Kleitias, ABV, 76,1)

Rosemary Hulse reads Argonautica, Book 4.57-108

Bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer

Bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer 3rd–2nd century B.C.

Drawing: Ulysses at Alcinous's Palace

Ulysses (Odysseus), dressed in full armor with helmet, walks with King Alcinous. They stand in the center foreground on the walking path of a planned garden, trees on either side of them. In the middle ground courtiers stroll the gardens, including the princess and her attendants. Greenhouses or outbuildings line the left and right margins of the garden and in the far background steps leads up to the terrace of Alcinous's palace, drawn to resemble a Renaissance villa.