| The Cyclops: Stories from Homer Contributor(s): Havell, H. L. (Translator), Homer (Author) |
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ISBN: 1976253128 ISBN-13: 9781976253126 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Series: Stories from Homer |
| Physical Information: 0.05" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.08 lbs) 26 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Cyclops by Stories from Homer.... A cyclops, in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, is a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the center of his forehead. The word "cyclops" literally means "round-eyed" or "circle-eyed..".. Hesiod described three one-eyed cyclopes who served as builders, blacksmiths, and craftsmen: Brontes, Steropes and Arges, the sons of Uranus and Gaia, brothers of the Titans. Homer described another group of mortal herdsmen or shepherd cyclopes, the sons of Poseidon. Other accounts were written by the playwright Euripides, poet Theocritus and Roman epic poet Virgil. In Hesiod's Theogony, Zeus releases three cyclopes from the dark pit of Tartarus. They provide Zeus' thunderbolt, Hades' helmet of invisibility, and Poseidon's trident, and the gods use these weapons to defeat the Titans. |
