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Euripides: Cyclops

By Richard Hunter , Rebecca Laemmle

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
1316510514, 9781316510513, 9781108227148, 2020019040, 2020019041, 1316510513, 1108399999
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18722101 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Pages
278\276
Time added
2023-02-27 16:32:30

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.

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