The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius In Four Books (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius: In Four Books Or Archite. 'the Grecians, proceeds the learned writer, by taking this fiory of the Argo to them felves, have plunged into numberlefs di iculties. In the account of the Argo, we have undeniably the hif'rory of a facred fhip, the firft that was ever con rueted. This truth the belt writers among the Grecians confefs, though the merit of the perform ance they would fain take to themfelves. Yet after all their prejudices they continually betray the truth, and fhew'that the hiftory was derived to them from Egypt. The ennfe Of all the mi akes in this curious piece Of mythology arofe from hence. The Arkites, who came into Greece, fettled in many parts, but efpecrally in Argolis and Theffalia; where they introduced their rites and worfhip. In the former of thefe regions, they were commemorated under 'a notion Of the' arrival Of Da-naus, or Danaus. It is fuppofed to have been a per fon, who ed from his brother zegyptus, and came Over in a facred {hip given him by'minerva. This fhip, like the Argo, is faid to have been the hrl't {hip con rue'ted and he was affi ed in the building Of it by the fame Deity, Divine Wifdom. Both hi ories relate to the fame event. Danaus, upon his arrival, 'built a temple, called Argus, to Iona, or Juno; of which he made his daughters prief'telfes. The people of the place had an obfcure tradition of. A deluge, in which mwof't perifhed, fome few only efcaping. The pringipal of thefe was Deucalion; 3 who a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."