Cyclops (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Euripides
- First Published: 421
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Satyr play
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Mt. Aetna in Sicily
- Principal Characters: Odysseus, The Cyclops, Silenus, Chorus of Satyrs, Companions of Odysseus
- Genres: Drama, Mythological literature, Adventure
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Mythology or myths, Legends, Folklore, Greek or Roman times, Monsters, Greece or Greek people, Wine or wine making, Trojan War
- Locales: Mount Etna, Sicily, ancient
The Story:
As he raked the ground before the cave of his master, the Cyclops, old Silenus lamented the day he was shipwrecked on the rock of Aetna and taken into captivity by the monstrous, one-eyed offspring of Poseidon, god of the sea. About Silenus gamboled his children, the Chorus of Satyrs, who prayed with their father to Bacchus for deliverance. Suddenly, Silenus spied a ship and the approach of a group of sailors who were clearly seeking supplies. Odysseus and his companions approached, introduced themselves as the conquerors of Troy, driven from their homeward journey...
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