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TheOrphic Argonautica orArgonautica Orphica (Ancient Greek:Ὀρφέως Ἀργοναυτικά) is aGreekepic poem dating from the 4th century CE.^[1] It is narrated in the first person in the name ofOrpheus, one of the Argonauts, and tells the story ofJason and theArgonauts. It is not known who the real author is. The poem is found in manuscripts either on its own or together with theOrphic Hymns and other hymns such as theHomeric Hymns and those ofProclus andCallimachus. The poem was lost, but in the fifteenth century it was found and copied in a manuscript (Codex Matritensis gr. 4562) by the Neoplatonic Greek scholarConstantine Lascaris, who is considered a Pythagorean Orpheus.^[2] Another related work is theLithica (describing the properties and symbolism of different stones).

The narrative is basically similar to that in other versions of the story, such as theArgonautica ofApollonius Rhodius, on which it is probably based. The main differences are the emphasis on the role of Orpheus and a more mythological, less realistic technique of narration. In theArgonautica Orphica, unlike in Apollonius Rhodius, it is claimed that theArgo was the first ship ever built.

• Madeła, Alexandra Maria (2024).The Argonautika by Orpheus: Writing Pre-Homeric Poetry in Late Antiquity. Brill.ISBN 978-90-04-71568-4.
• Les argonautiques orphiques, ed. Francis Vian (Collection des universités de France), Belles Lettres 2003,ISBN 2-251-00389-4,ISBN 978-2-251-00389-4 (Greek with French translation)
• Johann Matthias Gesner,Orphic Argonautica inArgonautica, Hymni Libellus de lapidibus et fragmenta cum notis, Leipzig, Sumtibus Caspari Fritsch, 1764.Internet Archive. (Greek text with Latin translation)

• Meisner, Dwayne A.,Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods,Oxford University Press, 2018.ISBN 978-0-190-66352-0.Online version at Oxford University Press.Google Books.
• West, M. L. (1983),The Orphic Poems,Clarendon Press Oxford, 1983.ISBN 978-0-19-814854-8. pp. 37–38.

• Carvalho Abrantes, Miguel (2016)."As Argonáuticas órficas e sua possível ligação às Argonáuticas de Apolónio de Rodes".Boletim de Estudos Clássicos (61). Universidade de Coimbra:37–51.doi:10.14195/2183-7260_61_2. (about the connection between this Argonautica and Apollonius')

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