: "By way of denouncing drunkenness the poet [Homer] portrays the Kyklops (Cyclops) [Polyphemos], for all his great size, as completely overcome, when drunk, by a small person; likewise the kentauros (centaur) Eurytion."Ovid, Metamorphoses 12. 210 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1...
way home from Aeetes' kingdom--this was Argo [who also stopped at Kirke's island on their return voyage], whose name is on all men's tongues; and even she would soon have been dashed against the great rocks had not Hera herself, in her love for Iason (Jason), sped the ship past...
What with the one eye and Odysseus yarn, most people think of Cyclops in the singular. Not so. There’s a whole race of them. The first three were born to Uranus and Gaia, and bore the names Arges, Brontes and Sterops. Very big and tough, they moved mountains with their bare ...
The Cyclops ("round eyes") were strong, one-eyed giants inGreek mythology, who helpedZeusdefeat the Titans and hinderedOdysseusfrom getting home on time. Their name is also spelled Cyclopes, and, as usual with Greek words, the letter K may be used in place of the C: Kyklopes or Kuklop...
Cyclopes:Race of one-eyed giants (singular: Cyclops). Daedalus:Athenian artificer; father of Icarus; builder of Labyrinth in Crete; devised wings attached with wax for him and Icarus to escape Crete. Danae:Princess of Argos; mother of Perseus by Zeus, who appeared to her in form of golden...
Odysseus stepped forward, “We are Achaeans, returning from Troy. We have been driven off course and are now your suppliants. We beg for your hospitality, in the name of Zeus, protector of guests.” Polyphemus scoffed. “You are a fool, stranger, or come from far away, to bid me fear...
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The Odyssey was Poseidon’s ten-year revenge on Odysseus for blinding his son, Polyphemus the Cyclops. He caused the creation of the Minotaur and fathered Theseus, who defeated the beast in the Labyrinth. He created Cetus, the sea monster that threatened Andromeda.Despite...
In Homer’s epic poem, the Greek warrior encounters cyclops, sorcerers and cannibals on his 10-year journey back home from war.
(dee-MEE-tur; Roman name Ceres) was the goddess of agriculture. Demeter as the sister of Zeus and the mother of Persephone. Persephone was gathering flowers in a meadow one day when a huge crack opened up in the earth and Hades, King of the Dead, emerged from the Underworld. He ...