Euripides: Cyclops

A full literary and linguistic commentary, suitable for advanced students, on the only surviving Athenian satyr-play.

Richard Hunter (Edited by), Rebecca Laemmle (Edited by)

9781316510513, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 July 2020

278 pages, 2 b/w illus.
22.2 x 14.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.43 kg

'The introduction forms a very good basis for students and others reading the play and also has a great deal to offer for advanced scholars who want an update on the genre of satyr-play. … the commentary is extensive and well-organized, offering brief introductions to the various sections of the play and then discussing the text in detail on both a philological and an interpretative level…' Annette Harder, Exemplaria Classica

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.

Introduction
Sigla
ΕΥΡΙΠΙΔΟΥ ΚΥΚΛΩΨ
Commentary

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1], Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB], Theatre studies [AN]