Euripides, Cyclops: a satyr play

With its ribald chorus of ithyphallic, half-man/half-horse creatures, satyr drama was a peculiar part of the Athenian theatrical experience.

Performed three times each year after a trilogy of tragedies, it was an integral part of the 5th- and 4th-century City Dionysia, a large festival in honour of the god Dionysus.

This title is the first book-length study of this fascinating genre's only complete, extant play, a theatrical version of Odysseus' encounter with the monster Polyphemus.