
Euripides: Cyclops
Cyclops
Cambridge University Press
Published on 2. July 2020
Book
Hardback
278 pages
978-1-316-51051-3 (ISBN)
Description
Euripides' Cyclops is the only example of Attic satyr-drama which survives intact. It is a brilliant dramatisation of the famous story from Homer's Odyssey of how Odysseus blinded the Cyclops after making him drunk. The play has much to teach us, not just about satyr-drama, but also about the reception and adaptation of Homer in classical Athens; the brutal savagery of the Homeric monster is here replaced by an ironised presentation of Athenian social custom. Problems of syntax, metre and language are fully explained, and there is a sophisticated literary discussion of the play. This edition will be of interest to advanced undergraduates and graduate students studying Greek literature, as well as to scholars.
Reviews / Votes
'this edition of Cyclops ... is consistently informed by breadth and depth of learning and is engagingly written. It continually unearths further riches which the play has to offer, and enhances the reader's understanding of this truly intriguing drama on a number of levels. Students and scholars, then, will welcome this excellent contribution to the ongoing groundswell of interest in satyric drama' Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-316-51051-3 (9781316510513)
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