| Euripides: Cyclops Contributor(s): Hunter, Richard (Editor), Laemmle, Rebecca (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108399991 ISBN-13: 9781108399999 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.54" W x 8.45" (0.7 lbs) 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |