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Cyclopes

In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes (/saɪˈkloʊpiːz/ sy-KLOH-peez; Greek: Κύκλωπες, Kýklōpes, "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; singular Cyclops /ˈsaɪklɒps/ SY-klops; Κύκλωψ, Kýklōps) are giant one-eyed creatures. Three kinds of Cyclopes can be distinguished. In Hesiod's Theogony, the Cyclopes are three brothers (Brontes (Βρόντης, lit.…

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related to References · 281
Cyclopes → ABC-CLIO, Adrienne, Aeneid, Alcestis, Alfred, American Folklore, American Philological Association, Apollodorus, Apollodorus' Library, Appendix Vergiliana, Apr, Aratus, Arie Hoekstra, Armand Marie, Artistic Sources, Bakker, Based, Bill ThayerDowden, Bion, Black
related to Virgil · 31
Cyclopes → Aeneas, Aeneid, Aeolian Islands, Aetna, After, Approaching Sicily, As, BC Roman, Book, Charybdis, Cyclops, Hesiod, Hesiodic Cyclopes Brontes, Homer, Homer's Odyssey, In, Jupiter, Later, Latin, Mars
related to Hesiodic Cyclopes · 30
Cyclopes → According, Apollodorus, Arges, As, BC, Bright, Brontes, Cronus, Earth, Gaia, Greek, Hades, Hephaestus, Hesiod, Hundred-Handers, Lightning, Poseidon, Sky, Spartan, Steropes
related to Location · 29
Cyclopes → Aeolian, Aeolians, Aetna, BC, Brontes, Callimachus, Cyclopean, Cyclops, Euripides, From, He, Hephaestus, Hesiodic, Homer's Odyssey, Homeric Cyclopes, Laestrygones, Lipari, Mount Etna, Odysseus, Odysseus' Cyclopes
related to Homeric Cyclopes · 25
Cyclopes → And, BC, Cyclops, Cyclops Polyphemus, Euripides, Euripides' Cyclopes, Hesiod, Hesiod's Cyclopes, Homer, Homer's, Homer's Cyclopes, Homer's Odyssey, In, Mount Etna, Odysseus, Polyphemus, Poseidon, Poseidon's, Sicily, The
related to Euripides · 24
Cyclopes → Alcestis, Apollo, BC, Cyclopean, Cyclops, Cyclops Polyphemus, Euripides, Greek, Homer's Odyssey, Homeric Cyclopes, In, It, Mount Etna, Odysseus, Polyphemus, Poseidon’s, Sicily, The, The Cyclopes, The Hesiodic Cyclopes
related to Kinds · 21
Cyclopes → Arges, BC, Brontes, Cyclopean, Gaia, Hellanicus, Hesiodic, Hesiodic Cyclopes, Homeric, Homeric Cyclopes, In Hesiod's Theogony, In Homer's Odyssey, Mycenae, Odysseus, Polyphemus, Poseidon, Steropes, Three, Tiryns, Uranus
related to Cyclopean wall-builders · 19
Cyclopes → Although, Argos, BC, Cyclopean, Eurystheus, Geryon, Heracles, Hesiodic Cyclopes, Lycia, Mycenae, Perseus, Pherecydes, Pindar, Proetus, Seriphos, The, These, Tirynian, Tiryns
related to Possible origins · 17
Cyclopes → Abel, Abel's, Empedocles, Greek, However, Mercedes Aguirre, Othenio Abel, Othenio Abel's, Other, Palaeoloxodon, Paleontologist Mark Witton, Pleistocene, Richard Buxton, Richard Hing, Sicilian, Sicily, Various
related to Apollodorus · 15
Cyclopes → According, Apollodorus, But, But Cronus, Cronus, Hades, Hesiod, Hesiod's, Hesiodic Cyclopes, Hundred-Handers, Tartarus, The, Titans, Uranus, When

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