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Book Title: Argonautica : the Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts
Item Length: 11in.
Item Height: 0.2in.
Item Width: 8.5in.
Author: Apollonius Rhodius
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Ancient / Greece
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: History
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 86 Pages
