Cyclopes In The Odyssey

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Cyclopes are creatures in Greek and Roman mythology, although they have become popular in modern fiction games, movies, and books. In most stories, cyclops are depicted as giants with one eye in the center of their head. They lived in caves, and most were portrayed as having a sinister disposition, which is seen in the tale The Odyssey, written by Homer.
There are many different tales of Cyclopes in Greek mythology. One of them, is the story of Polyphemus, who captured the sailor, Odysseus, and his crew on the island of Hyperia. In the epic, also called The Odyssey, written by Homer, Odysseus and his men are captured by the cyclops Polyphemus, after they pillage his cave. The cyclops then kills two sailors daily, by smashing their heads on boulders and then eating them. This continued until the rest of the crew plotted an escape. Odysseus offers Polyphemus some wine. After the cyclops gets drunk, they sharpen and heat a wooden stake and thrust it into his eye. That night when Polyphemus let his sheep out of the cave, the sailors attach themselves to the undersides of the sheep and escape out of the cave. In another tale, Polyphemus attempted to romance with song, a nymph named Galateia. However, after being rejected, he crushed her lover after he observed them together. …show more content…

Each son was named for their power: Brontes, which translated to “thunderer”, Steropes, which translated to “lightning”, and Arges, which translated to “bright”. After realized the power they had, Uranus put them in Tartarus. They were freed by Cronus, who used them to overthrow Uranus. Afterwards they were thrown back in. When Zeus rescued them from Tartarus, they gifted him his weapon, a combination of all their powers forged into a bolt of lightning. The Cyclopes were skilled craftsmen. They created most of the equipment of the gods, including Poseidon's trident and Hades' helmet of

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