Gaius Valerius Flaccus

• Gaius Velerius Flaccus (45-90 CE) was a Roman Epic Poet under the Flavian Emperors.

Works

• The ‘Argonautica’, was dedicated to Vespasian.
  • It is an unfinished Epic Poem written in Dactylic Hexameter, telling the story of Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece.
  • It is based on an earlier work, the ‘Argonautica’ of Apollonius of Rhodes.