cyclops

Also known as Cyclopes

thumb|A first century AD head of a Cyclops from the Roman Colosseum

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Commons category: Cyclops
name in native language: Κύκλωπες

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Kinds
Hesiodic Cyclopes
Homeric Cyclopes
Cyclopean wall-builders
Principal sources
Hesiod
Homer
Euripides
Callimachus
Virgil
Apollodorus
Nonnus
Transformations of Polyphemus
Location
Etymology
Possible origins
See also
Notes
References
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thumb|A first century AD head of a Cyclops from the Roman Colosseum

In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes ( ; , Kýklōpes, "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; singular Cyclops ; , Kýklōps) are giant one-eyed creatures. Three kinds of Cyclopes can be distinguished. In Hesiod's Theogony, the Cyclopes are three brothers—Brontes, Steropes, and Arges—who create Zeus's thunderbolt, Poseidon's trident, and Hades' Helm of Darkness. The Cyclopes of Homer's Odyssey are a group of uncivilized, cave-dwelling shepherds, including Polyphemus, whom Odysseus encounters. A third group of Cyclopes reputedly constructed the Cyclopean walls of Mycenae and Tiryns.