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.
| ISBN: | 9781108399999 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2020 |
| Author: | Richard (University of Cambridge) Hunter |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 278 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: plays and playwrights Theatre studies Ancient history |