New light on masters and slaves in Greek drama

Abstract

In Eur. Cycl. 347-349 (at line 348 δέ should be read instead of τε) Odysseus’ words take up in opposition the “Priamel” in the opening monologue by Silenus complaining about his being a servant of the Cyclops’ – according to a mould which will later become a topos; lines 375 f. exhibit a mixture of “Priamel” and hyperbole, whose antecedents are to be found at Od. 12.208-210 and 20.18-20.