Cyclops
Edited by Heather / Konstan, David McHugh
Published on 19. April 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-19-514303-4 (ISBN)
Description
The only extant satyr play of Euripides, the Cyclops abounds in lusty comedy and horror: Odysseus and his men, driven by storms onto Cyclops' shores, find that the Cyclops has aready enslaved a company of Greeks. When some of Odysseus' crew are seized and eaten by the cyclops Odysseus resorts to spectacular strategems to free his crew and escape the island. This distinguished poet's version of the CYCLOPS refreshes the work with all the salty humour, vigorous music, and dramatic shapeliness available in modern American English. McHugh, a prize-winning poet, and Konstan, a respected classicist, combine their talents to create this new addition to the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series. Each play in the series, meant for the non-specialist reader, is preceded by a critical introduction and is accompanied by notes designed to clarify obscure references and to explain the conventions of the Athenian stage.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
105 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-514303-4 (9780195143034)
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Persons
Heather McHugh is Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the University of Washington, Seattle. David Konstan is John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classics and Chair of the Classics Department at Brown University.
Author
Edited and translated
Poet, Professor of Creative Writing, Department of EnglishPoet, Professor of Creative Writing, Department of English, University of Washington
John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classics and the Humanistic TraditionJohn Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classics and the Humanistic Tradition, Brown University