Sep 5, 2008

Cyclops | Cyclops

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Author: Euripides
First Published: 421
Type of Work: Play
Type of Plot: Mythic
Time of Work: Remote antiquity
Setting: Mt. Etna in Sicily
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

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Odysseus (oh-DIHS-ews), the crafty king of Ithaca. On his way home from the sack of Troy, he lands at Etna, in Sicily, the home of the Cyclops. Seeking food, he is captured by the Cyclops Polyphemus but manages to escape by blinding the giant after giving him wine. The story is taken from book 9 of Homer’s The Odyssey, but Euripides has changed both some details of the original story and the character of Odysseus. Odysseus and his men do not escape by clinging to a ram’s belly, nor does the Cyclops block the entrance to his cave with a boulder....

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Cyclops | Cyclops

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