Cyclops

Name: Cyclops
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ISBN: 9780195143034

ISBN-10: 0195143035

ISBN-13: 9780195143034

Edition: 2001

Authors: Euripides, Heather McHugh, David Konstan, David Konstan

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The only extant satyr play of Euripides, the Cyclops abounds in lusty comedy and horror: Odysseus and his men, driven by storms onto Cyclops' shores, find that the Cyclops has aready enslaved a company of Greeks. When some of Odysseus' crew are seized and eaten by the cyclops Odysseus resorts to spectacular strategems to free his crew and escape the island. This distinguished poet's version of the CYCLOPS refreshes the work with all the salty humour, vigorous music, and dramatic shapeliness available in modern American English. McHugh, a prize-winning poet, and Konstan, a respected classicist, combine their talents to create this new addition to the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series.…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/19/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.60" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English

Yusef Komunyakka's eleven books of poems include Thieves of Paradise, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Neon Vernacular, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize. He teaches at Princeton University and lives in New York City.



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Cyclops


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