Abstract

MANCHON GOMEZ, Raúl. The Argonauts of America in a Latin Novel of the 17th Century. Nova tellus [online]. 2014, vol.31, n.2, pp.199-217. ISSN 0185-3058.

This article features a research about the use and interpretation of the myth of the Argonauts and other classical heroes in the little-known book Argonautica Americanorum, written in latin in 1647 by the German jesuit Johann Bissel.

Keywords : myth of the Argonauts; emulation; Ancient World; New World; Johann Bissel; Argonautica Americanorum; Classical models; exploration of America; mythological heroes; exemplum.

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