- 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
- 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
- Polyphemus – Mythopedia
Polyphemus was a son of Poseidon and one of the feared Sicilian Cyclopes He was eventually blinded by Odysseus
- Odysseus – Mythopedia
Odysseus and the Cyclops During his wanderings, Odysseus happened upon the island of the Cyclopes —giant one-eyed sons of Poseidon There, the brutal Cyclops Polyphemus captured Odysseus and a few of his men, trapping them in his cave Polyphemus picked off Odysseus’ men two by two, killing and eating them
- 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
- Odyssey: Book 9 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Then calls the Cyclops, all that round him dwell, With voice like thunder, and a direful yell From all their dens the one-eyed race repair, From rifted rocks, and mountains bleak in air All haste assembled, at his well-known roar, Inquire the cause, and crowd the cavern door “‘What hurts thee, Polypheme? what strange affright
- Odyssey – Mythopedia
Euripides’ Cyclops, for example—the only satyr play from antiquity that has survived intact—is a burlesque retelling of the tale of Odysseus and the Cyclops Polyphemus from Book 9 of the Odyssey The Romans (who knew Odysseus as “Ulysses”) reimagined the cunning hero as a kind of deceitful villain Significance
- 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
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