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In an episode of Homer's Odyssey (c. 700 BC), the hero Odysseus encounters the Cyclops Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon, a one-eyed man-eating giant who lives with his fellow Cyclopes in a distant land. [33]
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In Greek legend and literature, any of several one-eyed giants to whom were ascribed a variety of histories and deeds. The Odyssey contains a well-known episode in which Odysseus escapes death by blinding the Cyclops Polyphemus. Later authors made them the workmen of Hephaestus who forged the thunderbolts of Zeus.
Athena is a city protectress, goddess of war, handicrafts, practical reason in Greek religion identified with Minerva by Romans; daughter of Zeus produced without mother; urban & civilized; favourite child with great power; associated with acropolises & palaces; virgin goddess representing intellectual side of war & virtues like justice & skill; tu...
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Polyphēmos, Epic Greek: [polypʰɛːmos]; Latin: Polyphēmus [pɔlʏˈpʰeːmʊs]) is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's Odyssey.
Cyclopes. The Cyclopes were giant; one-eyed monsters; a wild race of lawless creatures who possess neither social manners nor fear of the Gods. Cyclopes means ‘round eye.’. Considered the sons of Uranus and Gaea they were the workmen of the God Hephaestus whose workshop was in the heart of the volcanic mountain Etna.
Dec 10, 2023 · Cyclopes, the one-eyed giants of Greek mythology, occupy a significant place in the rich tapestry of ancient lore. Revered for their colossal stature and unique ocular configuration, they have left an indelible mark on the annals of Greek myth.
The Cyclopes (singular: Cyclops) were gigantic, one-eyed beings with enormous strength. Originally, there were three of them: Arges, Steropes, and Brontes; capable blacksmiths, these were the sons of Uranus and Gaea and the brothers of the Hecatoncheires and the Titans.
In Greek mythology the elder Cyclopes were three, orb-eyed, immortal giants who forged the lightning-bolts of Zeus. As soon as they were born, their father Uranus (Sky) locked them away inside the belly of Earth, along with their stormy brothers, the hundred-handed Hecatoncheires.
