Euripides: Cyclops : A Satyr Play Paperback / softback
by Professor Carl A. (New College of Florida, USA) Shaw
Part of the Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy series
Paperback / softback
Description
With its ribald chorus of ithyphallic, half-man / half-horse creatures, satyr drama was a peculiar part of the Athenian theatrical experience.
Performed three times each year after a trilogy of tragedies, it was an integral part of the 5th- and 4th-century City Dionysia, a large festival in honour of the god Dionysus.
Euripides: Cyclops is the first book-length study of this fascinating genre’s only complete, extant play, a theatrical version of Odysseus’ encounter with the monster Polyphemus.
Shaw begins with a look at the history of the genre, following its development from early 6th-century religious processions up to the Hellenistic era.
He then offers a comprehensive analysis of the Cyclops’ plot and performance, using the text (alongside ancient literary fragments and visual evidence) to determine the original viewing experience: the stage, masks, costumes, actions and emotions.
A detailed examination of the text reveals that Euripides associates and distinguishes his version of the story from previous iterations of the myth, especially book nine of Homer’s Odyssey.
Euripides handles many of the same themes as his predecessors, but he updates the Cyclops for the Athenian stage, adapting his work to reflect and comment upon contemporary religious, philosophical and literary-musical trends.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages, 10 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:08/08/2019
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- ISBN:9781474245807
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages, 10 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:08/08/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474245807
