Cyclopes

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title: Cyclopes
text: In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes are giant one-eyed creatures. Three groups of Cyclopes can be distinguished. In Hesiod's Theogony, the Cyclopes are the three brothers, Brontes, Steropes, and Arges, who made Zeus's weapon, the thunderbolt. In Homer's Odyssey, they are an uncivilized group of shepherds, the brethren of Polyphemus encountered by Odysseus. Cyclopes were also famous for being the builders of the Cyclopean walls of Mycenae and Tiryns. In Cyclops, the fifth-c
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description: One-eyed giants in Greek and Roman mythology
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopes
date created: 2002-06-10T01:50:47Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T12:23:01Z
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