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Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermediate texts to the direct experience of ancient Greek and Latin literature. They assume that the student will know the basics of grammar... Read Full Overview

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning... Read Full Overview

This invaluable edition of Euripedes' Cyclops, the only complete example of satyric drama to survive, provides a full historical and analytic account of the genre, reconstructing its origins, development, and decline; examines the place of satyrs in the Greek religious imagination;... Read Full Overview

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning... Read Full Overview

In the heyday of Greek tragedy, each of the three playwrights who competed for victory in the tragedy competition at the Great Dionysia, the most important Dionysus festival in Athens, not only had to present three tragedies, but also a light-hearted epilogue, which was called... Read Full Overview

Euripides' "Cyclops" is the only complete surviving example of a Satyric drama. The Satyr-play drama has a nature entirely of its own, neither tragic nor comic, but something between the two. Its most distinctive feature is its chorus of Satyrs, strange creatures, half goat... Read Full Overview

As Odysseus begins to journey home to Ithaca following the Trojan War, he and his companions are blown off course to the mysterious Mount Etna. There, they find a tribe of displaced satyrs who are enslaved by the violent and dangerous Cyclops. Odysseus will need the cunning... Read Full Overview

After 2,500 years Euripides play is finally correctly formatted by Award-winning Researcher and Award-winning Playwright, Walter Schenck. Five versions by five extraordinary translators are for the first time brought together in a single book. This is a must-have for all students... Read Full Overview

Euripides is rightly lauded as one of the great dramatists of all time. In his lifetime, he wrote over 90 plays and although only 18 have survived they reveal the scope and reach of his genius. Euripides is identified with many theatrical innovations that have influenced drama... Read Full Overview

El c clope es el nico drama sat rico griego que se conserva completo. Se trata de una pieza de car cter festivo, con la caracter stica fundamental de tener un coro compuesto de S tiros o Silenos. En este drama se escenifican las aventuras de Polifemo, de forma parecida a como... Read Full Overview

The Cyclops of Euripides is a play written by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides, first performed in 408 BCE. The play is a satyr play, a comedic genre that was performed after tragedies in ancient Greece. The play tells the story of Odysseus and his men, who become trapped... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview