Cyclops
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Cyclops
(Cambridge Greek and Latin classics)
Cambridge University Press, 2020
- : hardback
- : pbk
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Greek text and English introduction and commentary
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-264) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Sigla
- Commentary
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