Albis, Robert V. "The Poet's Ecstasy," in Poet and Audience in the "Argonautica" of Apollonius, pp. 17-42. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996.

Explores the importance of Apollo to the authority, content, and form of the Argonautica.

Bacon, Janet Ruth. "Some Interpretations," in The Voyage of the Argonauts, pp. 42-66. London: Methuen & Co. 1925.

Considers the many conjectures concerning the purpose of the voyage of the Argonauts and explains how each is lacking in credibility.

Beye, Charles Rowan. "The Heroes," in Epic and Romance in the "Argonautica," of Apollonius, pp. 77-99. Urbana: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982.

Discusses some ways in which characters of the Argonautica do not conform to the traditional roles of heroes in Greek mythology.

Carspecken, John Frederick. "Apollonius Rhodius and the Homeric Epic." Yale Classical Studies 13, (1952): 33-144.

Includes a study of the use of the extended simile in the Argonautica and contrasts Apollonius's use of similes with Homer's.

Clauss, James J. "The Argonautic Program: The Proemium (Argo 1.1-22)," in The Best of the Argonauts: The Redefinition of the Epic Hero in Book I of Apollonius's "Argonautica," pp. 14-25. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.

Discusses the perspective of the Proemium of the Argonautica.

Feeney, D. C. "Apollonius's Argonautica," in The Gods in Epic: Poets and Critics of the Classical Tradition, pp. 57-98. Oxford, Eng.: Clarendon Press, 1991.

Emphasizes the Argonautica's treatment of the gods.

Fränkel, Hermann. "Apollonius Rhodius as a Narrator in Argonautica 2.1-140." Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 83 (1952): 144-55.

Contends that Apollonius's diction requires much effort on the part of the reader; as an example, a short passage is examined in detail.

Gaunt, David M. "Argo and the Gods in Apollonius Rhodius." Greece and Rome: 19 (1972): 117-26.

Examination of the treatment of the Argo contends that Apollonius deliberately avoids emphasizing the ship's magical properties.

George, Edward V. "Poet and Characters in Apollonius Rhodius's Lemnian Episode." Hermes: Zeitschrift fur Klassische Philologie 100 (1972): 47-63.

Explores the writing technique evinced in the Lemnian episode of the Argonautica.

Goldhill, Simon. "The Paradigms of Epic: Apollonius Rhodius and the Example of the Past," in The Poet's Voice: Essays on Poetics and Greek Literature, pp. 284-333. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Considers how the past works as a paradigm for the present of the Argonautica and explores the work's ironic and self-reflexive elements.

Lennox, P. G. "Apollonius, Argonautica 3, 1ff. and Homer." Hermes 108 (1980): 45-73.

Explores thematic relationships between the Argonautica and the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Levin, Donald Norman. "[KATALOGON ARGONAUTON]," in Apollonius's Argonautica Re-examined: 1: The Neglected First and Second Books, pp. 24-36. Mnemosyne: Biblio Classica Batava, No. 13, Leiden: Neth.: E. J. Brill, 1971.

Discusses the various catalogues found in the Argonautica.

Pavlock, Barbara. "Apollonius and Homer," in, Imitation, and the Epic Tradition, pp. 19-68. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990.

Stresses Apollonius's use of symbolism, examines the language surrounding the cloak and its role in the Argonautica, and explores the Lemnian episode.

Paskiewicz, T. M. "Aitia in the Second Book of Apollonius's Argonautica." Illinois Classical Studies XIII, No. 1 (1988): 57-61.

Discusses the prevalence in the Argonautica of pas-sages dealing with the origins of things religious.

Pearson, Lionel. "Apollonius of Rhodes and the Old Geographers." American Journal of Philology 59 (1938): 443-59.

Contends that Apollonius utilized his knowledge of early geography to lend credibility to his mythological writings.

Rieu, E. V. Introduction to The Voyage of Argo: The Argonautica, by Apollonius of Rhodes, pp. 9-32. London: Penguin Books, 1971.

Overview of the Argonautica that responds to criticisms of the work.

Smiley, M. T. "The Quarrel between Callimachus and Apollonius." Hermathena 17 (1912-13): 280-94.

Discusses the famous quarrel between Callimachus and Apollonius and offers a possible time line of the dispute.

Additional coverage of Apollonius's life and career is contained in the following source published by Gale Research: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 176: Ancient Greek Authors.