Abstract The comparison by which the Chorus of Satyrs in Euripides’ Cyclops 469–471 illustrates its wish to participate in the blinding of the Cyclops is regarded as difficult in research on the play, due to the ambiguous expression ὥσπερ ἐκ σπονδῆς θεοῦ (469). There is no consensus either on the question of how the reference to libation is to be understood, nor on whether the transmitted phrasing is correct at all. In the present paper I attempt to show that doubts over the transmission are unfounded and that attempts to refer the comparison not to libation but to the ritual use of water for handwashing at sacrifice are not persuasive. Rather, Euripides in this passage is engaging with the theme of libation on several levels of meaning: when we pay close attention to the context, cult-specific associations and literary applications of libation as a motif in Homer and Aristophanes, the words of the satyrs can be read, firstly, as a metaphorical reference to the two main actions in Odysseus’ plan for revenge, and secondly as a subtle allusion to the use of libation and spit-roasting in sacrificial ritual.

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Die “Libation des Gottes” 和 die Blendung des Kyklopen - Überlegungen zu Euripides' Kyklops 469–471

摘要 欧里庇得斯的《独眼巨人 469-471》中的萨特合唱团表达了其希望参与对独眼巨人致盲的比较，在该剧的研究中被认为是困难的，因为 ὥσπερ ἐκ σπονδῆς θεοῦ (469) 的表达含糊不清。关于如何理解对 libation 的引用的问题，以及所传递的措辞是否完全正确，都没有达成共识。在本文中，我试图表明对传播的怀疑是没有根据的，并且试图将比较不是指祭祀而是指祭祀时用水洗手的仪式是没有说服力的。相反，这段经文中的欧里庇得斯在几个意义层面上探讨了解放的主题：当我们密切关注上下文时，