Plot [partly Google Gemini generated]
The play is a comical retelling of Odysseus's encounter with the Cyclops Polyphemus: Euripides' version parodies the more serious account found in Homer's Odyssey. Euripides' version retells the story like this:
Stranded Satyrs: The play opens with Silenus, a drunken satyr, explaining how he and his crewmates ended up enslaved by the Cyclops Polyphemus in Sicily.
Wine for Food: Odysseus and his men arrive, seeking provisions. Silenus, ever the wine lover, trades their wine for the Cyclops' food, despite having no authority to do so.
A Monstrous Host: The monstrous Polyphemus enters, a one-eyed giant who sees humans only as food. He devours several of Odysseus's men
Nobody's Foolery: Odysseus, using his wit, hatches a plan. He tells the Cyclops his name is "Nobody" and offers him strong wine. The Cyclops, gullible and enjoying the drink, gets very drunk.
Blinding the Beast: As the Cyclops sleeps in a drunken stupor, Odysseus blinds him with a sharpened olive stake.
Escape by Deception: Odysseus and his remaining men escape by clinging to the underside of the Cyclops' sheep as they are released from the cave.
A Furious Farewell: Polyphemus, blinded and enraged, stumbles around trying to catch Odysseus. Odysseus reveals his true name, fulfilling a prophecy that the Cyclops would be blinded by "Nobody." The play ends with the frustrated Polyphemus left behind.
Argument
On the return of Odysseus from Troy to Ithaca, he was blown off course to Sicily, where Polyphemus and the Cyclops dwelt. Meeting with Silenus and the Satyrs, who had been enslaved to Polyphemus, he sought to purchase meat and cheese in exchange for wine. Polyphemus entering, Silenus accused Odysseus of stealing, and offering violence to himself and his companions. All would have perished, but Odysseus and his sailors bored out the one eye of the sleeping Polyphemus, and thereby escaped, liberating the Satyrs. The plot is entirely Homeric.
English Translations
The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Euripides' Cyclops tr by P.B. Shelley - Google Books
References
Cyclops (play) - Wikipedia
Polyphemus - Wikipedia
Euripides: Cyclops (Κύκλωψ) - - Major Reference Works - Wiley Online Library
Euripides' Cyclops and Major Fragments of Greek Satyric Drama | Patrick O'Sullivan - Academia.edu
Cyclops - Euripides - Ancient Greece - Classical Literature
Cyclops by Euripides - GreekMythology.com
Euripides: Cyclops - Tom's Learning Notes
The Cyclops - Course Hero
The Odyssey (Butler)/Book IX - Wikisource,
The Odyssey Chapter 9 The Cyclops : Homer - Internet Archive
Myths of the Odyssey in art and literature : Harrison, Jane Ellen, - Internet Archive
Mercedes Aguirre; Richard Buxton (7 May 2020). Cyclops: The Myth and its Cultural History. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-252442-3.
Ancient Greek Theatre blog - Satyr Play
Seaford, Richard. “The Date of Euripides' Cyclops.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 102, 1982, pp. 161–172. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/631134.
Greek Versions
Cyclops - Euripides - Internet Archive TeubnerEuripides (1891). Cyclops. Clarendon Press.
Euripides, Cyclops - Perseus Digital Library
Richard Hunter; Rebecca Laemmle (2 July 2020). Euripides: Cyclops. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-51051-3.
Evripidis Fabvlae Tomus I: recognovit breviqve adnotatione critica instrvxit - Internet Archive Gilbert Murray
Euripidis fabulae p. 598 Cyclops : Euripides - Internet Archive
Cyclops : Euripides - Internet Archive
Translations
Euripides, Cyclops - Perseus Digital Library
Cyclops : Euripides - Internet Archive
Hecuba and Other Plays p. 171 : The Cyclops - Internet Archive
Euripides II : Euripides Cyclops Internet Archive
The Internet Classics Archive - The Cyclops by Euripides
Euripides p. 51- Cyclops trans David Kovacs - Internet Archive
Euripides I p. 241 : ed. David Grene. trans by William Arrowsmith - Internet Archive
Euripides (2003). Heracles and Other Plays. The Cyclops. Oxford University Press. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-0-19-283259-7.
Euripides (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Euripides (Illustrated). Cyclops: Delphi Classics. pp. 895–. ISBN 978-1-909496-47-7. Trans by Edward P, Coleridge.
Ebook: Euripides (27 June 2002). Heracles and Other Plays. Cyclops: Penguin Books Limited. pp. 366–. ISBN 978-0-14-196093-7.
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