In the Odyssey, Homer described how Odysseus was captured by the cruel and barbaric Cyclops named Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon ("Cyclops"). Polyphemus ate six of Odysseus's crew members ("Cyclops"). However, Odysseus and the rest of his crew managed to escape by blinding the single eye of Polyphemus with a long, sharpened pole ("Cyclops").
In Greek mythology, the Cyclopes were a group of giants who possessed only one eye set in the middle of their forehead ("Cyclops"). They were said to be skilled workers, and the Greeks credited them with building the walls of several ancient cities ("Cyclops"). The Romans believed that the Cyclopes worked at Mount Etna with Hephaestus, the god of fire and metalworking("Cyclops").Polyphemus, unlike the other Cyclopes, symbolized savagery and lawlessness("Cyclops").
In Greek mythology, the Cyclopes were a group of giants who possessed only one eye set in the middle of their forehead ("Cyclops"). They were said to be skilled workers, and the Greeks credited them with building the walls of several ancient cities ("Cyclops"). The Romans believed that the Cyclopes worked at Mount Etna with Hephaestus, the god of fire and metalworking("Cyclops").Polyphemus, unlike the other Cyclopes, symbolized savagery and lawlessness("Cyclops").
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Picture - "Odysseus and his men put out the single eye of the Cyclops Polyphemus, who had trapped the Greeks in..." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. Don Nardo. Ed. Robert B. Kebric. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. World History in Context. Web. 26 Mar. 2014.
Information - "Cyclopes." UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology. Vol. 2. Detroit: UXL, 2009. 275-278. World History in Context. Web. 26 Mar. 2014.
Information - "Cyclopes." UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology. Vol. 2. Detroit: UXL, 2009. 275-278. World History in Context. Web. 26 Mar. 2014.