Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 351 g
Cyclops
Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 351 g
Reihe: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
ISBN: 978-1-108-39999-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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.