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Euripides: Cyclops

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Edited by , University of Cambridge, , University of Cambridge
Published 2020

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…

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Key features

  • The first full commentary on the play in English for four decades
  • Provides extensive linguistic help for student readers in particular
  • The Introduction and Commentary provide a detailed account of the play considering textual, linguistic, historical and literary issues

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