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  1. Cyclopes – Mythopedia

    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, …

  2. Cyclops (Play) – Mythopedia

    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.

  3. Odysseus – Mythopedia

    Apr 28, 2023 · 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 …

  4. Uranian Cyclopes – Mythopedia

    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, …

  5. Polyphemus – Mythopedia

    Mar 22, 2023 · Polyphemus was a son of Poseidon and one of the feared Sicilian Cyclopes. He was eventually blinded by Odysseus.

  6. 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 …

  7. Aeneid: Book 3 (Full Text) - Mythopedia

    His brother Cyclops hear the yelling roar, And, rushing down the mountains, crowd the shore. We saw their stern distorted looks, from far, And one-eyed glance, that vainly threaten’d war: A dreadful …

  8. Creature Names - Mythopedia

    Creature names: Origin, structure, and meaning From the three-headed dragons of Greek myth to creepy crawlies, the world of fantasy creatures is an endless abundance of mystery. Let’s explore the …

  9. Metamorphoses: Book 14 (Full Text) - Mythopedia

    I ’scap’d the Cyclops thro’ the hero’s aid, Else in his maw my mangled limbs had laid. When first your navy under sail he found, He rav’d, ’till Aetna labour’d with the sound. Raging, he stalk’d along the …

  10. Nereids – Mythopedia

    Mar 11, 2023 · The Nereids were the fifty daughters of the sea gods Nereus and Doris. Numbered among the nymphs—female divinities who took the form of beautiful young women—the Nereids …