By: Ryan MacyDate: 3-13-12Period: 4

Brontes- Has power of thunderSteropes- Has power of lightningArgess- Has power of lightPolyphemus- (Only in the second myth of the

Cyclops)

The Cyclops were the first SmithsWere imprisoned by Cronus in TartarusWere released by Zeus from Tartarus and fought with him against the TitansThe Cyclops rewarded Zeus his power of lightning and thunder for their release

The Cyclops is a One eyed giantThe eye is in the middle of its foreheadThe Cyclops is Very huge

Gaea- Mom Uranus- DadTitans- siblingsRhea- sisterCronus- brotherPoseidon- Dad of

Polyphemus

Was banned from earth by Zeus at birth, but was then remitted back and became a favorite of Zeus

Were great workmen Zeus gave them a home in the country where

fruits were plentiful Ulysses sailed into the island where Polyphemus

lived Ulysses and his men found the cave where

Polyphemus lived and they feasted on all of his food

Polyphemus caught them feasting on his sheep and trapped them in his cave

Ulysses and his men poked Polyphemus eye with a spear

Ulysses and his men also tricked Polyphemus into drinking so much wine that he was drunkOnce Ulysses and his men made Cyclops drunk they tricked him into opening the cave door and they escapedCenturies passed before any one ever heard of the Cyclops again

The Cyclopean walls are meant to have been built by the CyclopsVolcanoes are believed to be the affect of the Cyclops’s underground work

The Cyclops lives on the island of the Cyclops

There are no kids or wives mentioned in the story of The Cyclops but they could possibly have children or spouses that were not mentioned in the story

Hermes killed the Cyclops ArgessApollo also killed at least one of the other Cyclops because they had killed his son

In the first myth There is only one set of the Cyclops’s (Argess, Brontes and Steropes)In the second Myth there is a second set of the Cyclops it consists of Polyphemus

The name Cyclops is often referred to as circle eyedWere best known for their metal workThe word Cyclops came from the Latin word KuklopsThe term Cyclopean is an ancient type of masonry made with massive blocks which is why The Cyclops is so big

The Cyclops’s weakness is that it is easily blinded because it only has one eyeThe Cyclops’s strengths are super strength and The Cyclops was a great metal smith

Zeus’s thunderboltHades helmet of darknessPoseidon's trident

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