- Cyclopes – Mythopedia
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
- Uranian Cyclopes – Mythopedia
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
- Polyphemus – Mythopedia
Polyphemus was a son of Poseidon and one of the feared Sicilian Cyclopes He was eventually blinded by Odysseus
- Hecatoncheires – Mythopedia
The Hecatoncheires, also called the “Hundred-Handers,” were three children of Gaia and Uranus, named Cottus, Briareus, and Gyges With fifty heads and one hundred arms each, these creatures were a force to be reckoned with and played an important role in the war between the Titans and Olympians
- Cyclops (Play) – Mythopedia
Euripides’ Cyclops is the only surviving satyr play from antiquity It is a burlesque retelling of the myth of Odysseus and the Cyclops Polyphemus
- Zeus – Mythopedia
Zeus was the powerful but flawed king of the Greek pantheon and the supreme god of the Greeks He ruled over men and gods alike from his throne on Mount Olympus
- Odyssey: Book 9 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Argument The Adventures of the Cicons, Lotophagi and Cyclops Ulysses begins the relation of his adventures: how, after the destruction of Troy, he with his companions made an incursion on the Cicons, by whom they were repulsed; and, meeting with a storm, were driven to the coast of the Lotophagi From there they sailed to the land of the Cyclops, whose manners and situation are particularly
- Crius – Mythopedia
Crius was a Greek Titan whose name, the “ram,” signaled strength and virility Little is known about him; he is best remembered for his children and grandchildren, including the goddesses Hecate and Nike and the monstrous creature Scylla
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