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Mar 22, 2023 · The Cyclopes were huge creatures whose defining characteristic was a single large eye in the middle of their forehead. There were three different kinds of Cyclopes: the Uranian Cyclopes, who fashioned Zeus’ lightning bolts; the savage Sicilian Cyclopes; and the Cyclopes who built the walls of cities such as Mycenae.
Jul 6, 2023 · Euripides’ Cyclops is the only surviving satyr play from antiquity. It is a burlesque retelling of the myth of Odysseus and the Cyclops Polyphemus.
Meantime the Cyclop, raging with his wound, Spreads his wide arms, and searches round and round: At last, the stone removing from the gate, With hands extended in the midst he sate; And search’d each passing sheep, and fell it o’er, Secure to seize us ere we reach’d the door (Such as his shallow wit he deem’d was mine); But secret I revolved the deep design: ’Twas for our lives my labouring bosom wrought; Each scheme I turn’d, and sharpen’d every thought; This way and that I ...
Mar 25, 2023 · The Uranian Cyclopes—named Brontes, Steropes, and Arges—were children of Gaia and Uranus and loyal allies of the Olympians. Master craftsmen, they frequently fashioned weapons, armor, and ornaments for the gods—most famously, Zeus’ thunderbolts.
Mar 22, 2023 · Polyphemus was a son of Poseidon and one of the feared Sicilian Cyclopes. He was eventually blinded by Odysseus.
