Poetic commerce

During read of Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodium(295b.Ch.-215b.Ch), it is mythological history of Jason that must took the Golden fleece and he is going to pass some test of courage, and he must tame to bulls and other, he overcome it because the goods are favorable to him; but important, beyond the poem is very boring, is cities that he has mentioned in poem, the poet Apollonius Rhodium was from Alexandria of Egypt and he has took surname rhodium after his transfer to Greek island; I think that the cities that he has mentioned in this poem he has known to commercial exercise, certainly it isn’t of Apollonius but we must consider that Rhodes is island and very much semen were and worked in that island; therefore he could have took name and mythological reference from very seamen; some step holds this hypothesis: “With better heroes of Greek all together in this ship he has arrived to your city, after that he has turned beyond cities; furthermore some suggestions about commerce of animals we can take from other step: “he has said that on Mars plane he hold two bulls to grazing”, and “he has ordered to me that I must plow this land acres, and he is going to give to me thots of drag and to it. they are born men with bronze armies and they must kill to same day…”, this step shows that the trade of seeds of agriculture existed and evidently it was very rich; naturally is also a reference to Deucalion and his mythological legend, and other step is very interesting to precise description of geographical source and names Narecos and other is source Belles. To this source they gone in and raided very speedy. Other geographical step: “The water of river Istrus surround a island called Peuce, with triangle form that has long side towards to coast”; and furthermore: “They gone in to river back the Colchis and they arrived to Brigee islands, holy islands to Artemis. On one was a holy temple dedicated to goddess…”. It is a true catalog of geographical ancient Greece, and we can consider that Apollonius has travelled very much to Greece or he has took notices about rivers and town from several seamen, and he has holt it and he has given to his poem.

Alessandro Lusana