ARGONAUTICA Author:Apollonius Rhodius The Argonautica is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BCE. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from the mythical land of Colchis. Another, much less-known Argonautica, using the same body of myth, was compose... more »d by Valerius Flaccus during the time of Vespasian.« less