EURIPIDES,
Cyclops. With Introduction and Commentary by R. Seaford. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1984. X,229p. ills. Cloth. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Nice copy. 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; and explores the significance of Euripides' divergence from the Homeric model. The commentary surrounding Diggle's standard text focuses on problems of text, language, and interpretation. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 32.50
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