The myth of the Cyclops in antiquity and in the Spanish golden age
Journal Title: Collectanea Philologica - Year 2014, Vol 0, Issue
Abstract
The story about Odysseus’ stay on the island of the Cyclops narrated by Homer in Book 9 of the Odyssey introduced Polyphemus as a mythical literary hero. Ancient authors frequently referred to this Homeric episode and gave it to modification. In European literature, the myth of the Cyclops returned to literature mainly due to the Spanish Baroque authors who recalled the ancient model and extended it with a new artistic and intellectual dimension. This article, in general, regards two main areas. First of all, we trace the stages of the transformation of the Homeric story about Odysseus meeting Polyphemus into the version found in the Metamorphoses. In the second part, we focus on the reception of the Cyclops myth in the literature of the Spanish Siglo de Oro within two basic works of the most representative and outstanding authors of the period: Lope de Vega and Luis de Góngora.
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Hanna Zalewska-Jura, Agnieszka Kłosińska-Nachin
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