Cyclops

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Odysseus and the cyclops Polyphemos (right)
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Odysseus and the cyclops Polyphemos (right)

A Kyklops, or Cyclops is a kind of giants in Greek mythology, which has only one eye on their forehead. They originally were children of Gaia and Uranos, and were called Brontes, Steropes, and Arges.

Most known is probably the cyclops Polyphemos in Homer's Odyssey.

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