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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. Polyphemus – Mythopedia

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

  4. 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. 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, …

  7. Zeus – Mythopedia

    Sep 20, 2023 · Zeus was the powerful but flawed king of the Greek pantheon and the supreme god of the Greeks. He ruled over men and gods alike from his throne on Mount Olympus.

  8. Andromeda – Mythopedia

    Mar 10, 2023 · Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, was a beautiful princess of Ethiopia. Offered up as a sacrifice to Poseidon as punishment for her mother’s foolish boasts, …

  9. Titans – Mythopedia

    Mar 13, 2023 · The Titans were twelve powerful deities, born from the union of the primordial gods Uranus and Gaia. Cronus, the youngest of the Titans, overthrew Uranus to become ruler of the …

  10. Hermes – Mythopedia

    Apr 17, 2023 · Hermes was the messenger of the Oympians and the trickster deity of the Greek pantheon. He was the god of heralds, messengers, travelers, and thieves.