Cyclops
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Cyclops
In Greek mythology, one of a race of Sicilian giants with one eye in the middle of their foreheads. According to Homer, they lived as shepherds. Odysseus blinded the Cyclops Polyphemus in Homer's Odyssey.
In Theogony, the Greek poet Hesiod represents the Cyclops as Arges, Steropes, and Brontes; sons of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, goddess of the Earth. They helped the Titan Kronos to depose their father, but ultimately aided his son Zeus to overthrow the Titans, giving Zeus a thunderbolt, Pluto a helmet of invisibility, and Poseidon a trident.
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