Euripides: Cyclops

Zusatztext Much more than a commentary on a single play. An extensive introduction takes in the whole genre ... This work will be regarded as authoritive and deserves to be. Informationen zum Autor R.A.S. Seaford is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter, UK. His publications include Cosmology and The Polis: the Social Construction of Space and Time in the Tragedies of Aeschylus ( 2012), Dionysos (2006) , and Money and the Early Greek Mind ( 2004). Klappentext This is an introduction to Euripides' "Cyclops", the only example of satyric drama to have survived complete into the modern world. The work gives an historical and analytical account of the genre, tracing its origins, development and decine. It examines the place of satyrs in the religious imagination and practice of the Greeks, and the significance of Euripides' divergence from the Homeric model. The commentary pays close attention to problems of text, language and interpretation. Zusammenfassung This is an introduction to Euripides' "Cyclops", the only example of satyric drama to have survived complete into the modern world. The work gives an historical and analytical account of the genre, tracing its origins, development and decine. It examines the place of satyrs in the religious imagination and practice of the Greeks, and the significance of Euripides' divergence from the Homeric model. The commentary pays close attention to problems of text, language and interpretation. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Plates Abbreviations INTRODUCTION A. Satyric Drama I. Playful Tragedy II. Satyrs III. The Origins, History, and Function of Satyric Drama IV. The Themes of Satyric Drama V. Metre and Language B. The Cyclops VI. The Date of the Play VII. The Cyclops and Homer VIII. The Text of the Cyclops TEXT COMMENTARY Indexes

Product details

• Authors: Euripides, R. A. S. Seaford
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.08.1998
• EAN: 9781853995668
• ISBN: 978-1-85399-566-8
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Bcp Classic Commentaries on La; Bcp Classic Commentaries on La; Classic Commentaries; BCP Classic Commentaries on Greek and Latin Texts
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Plays, playscripts, drama