cyclopes in English

noun
1
a member of a race of savage one-eyed giants. In the Odyssey , Odysseus escaped death by blinding the Cyclops Polyphemus.
The one-eyed, savage giant called Cyclops remained a mystery, submerged in the myths and imagery of men at sea and women who wait for them, told through story and song.
2
a minute predatory freshwater crustacean which has a cylindrical body with a single central eye.
The various species of Cyclops are very numerous in freshwater locations during the summer months, and are usually among the much reduced fauna in these same locations during the winter.
noun
    water flea

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1. 1 Description 2 Species 2.1 Hyperborean Cyclopes 2.2 Elder Cyclopes 2.3 Poseidon's Cyclopes 2.4 Southern Cyclopes 3 Known Cyclopes A majority of the Cyclopes were the children of Poseidon.Many Cyclopes worked in the forges of Hephaestus

2. 1 synonym for Cyclopes: genus Cyclopes

3. Cyclopes Photograph shows Cyclopes, a kitten born with a single cyclopic eye

4. How to say Cyclopes in English? Pronunciation of Cyclopes with 1 audio pronunciation, 2 synonyms, 2 meanings, 9 translations, 2 sentences and more for Cyclopes.

5. What are synonyms for Cyclopes?

6. The Look of the Cyclopes The Cyclopes were huge monsters with fearsome features who loved to eat people.

7. Synonyms for Cyclopes in Free Thesaurus

8. The plural of Cyclops is Cyclopes

9. Three groups of Cyclopes can be distinguished

10. The first Cyclopes were raised by Ouranosand Gaea

11. Cyclopes in ancient Greek mythology, one-eyed giants

12. Cyclopes were a race of one eyed giants

13. The Cyclopes were the sons of Uranus and Gaea

14. A Cyclops (plural cyclopes) is a large one-eyed monster

15. The classical plural is Cyclopes (pronounced: saɪˈkloʊpiːz; Greek: Κύκλωπες, Kuklōpes)

16. The ancient Greeks had several stories about the Cyclopes, "round-eyed people"

17. Cyclopes are creatures featured in the 2020 Disney / Pixar animated feature film, Onward.

18. In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes are giant one-eyed creatures

19. Cyclopes may be killed as a substitute for hill giants on a Slayer task.

20. Today, most Cyclopes have virtually no knowledge of the former glory of their kind, even

21. When the giant Titans appeared on the scene the Cyclopes were outnumbered and locked away in the Underworld

22. Cyclopes definition: any copepod of the genus Cyclops , characterized by having one eye Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

23. The Cyclopes, who were regarded as skillful architects in later accounts, were a race of men who appear to be different from the Cyclopes whom we have considered hitherto, for they are described as a Thracian tribe, which derived its name from a king Cyclops

24. "Cyclopean" is the adjective form of "Cyclopes", the one-eyed giants in the Greek Mythology

25. The Cyclopes were considered to be barbaric and cannibalistic in nature, killing and eating the uninformed that landed on their land

26. The most powerful of all these second generation Cyclopes was Polyphemus, and so he was considered to be their leader.

27. According to Homer’s Odysseus where he introduced likely the most famous Cyclops, Polyphemus, Cyclopes were the sons of Poseidon, not Gaea.

28. The arboreal two-toed Anteater (Cyclopes) is the size of a squirrel and has a prehensile tail and silky yellow fur

29. Find 11 ways to say Cyclopes, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus.

30. Today we take a look at another set of stories from Greek mythology that involve the one eyed giants known as the Cyclopes

31. The kingdoms of the Cyclopes date to an age before the rise of humanity, when dragons and giants and serpentfolk ruled the world

32. After his birth, Uranus is said to have locked Arges and his Cyclopes brothers in Tartarus out of fear, along with the Hundred Handed Ones

33. Arges is a child of Gaia and Uranus, and his siblings include his fellow Cyclopes, Brontes and Steropes, along with the Titans and the Hundred Handed Ones

34. 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 Kuklopes.

35. The Cyclopes are an essential part of Greek mythology thanks to the forging of Zeus’ weapon, the thunderbolt, and to the role of Polyphemus in Odysseus’ story

36. The Cyclopes built enormous stone cities and prayed to ancient gods of brutality and wrath, but their power to foresee the future failed them, and their civilization collapsed

37. The Cyclopes were minor power gods of the second generation and children of Uranusand Gaeaaccording to Hesiod, or the Greek god Poseidonand the Sea NymphThoosa, according to Greek author Homer

38. Cyclopes means ‘round eye.’ Considered the sons of Uranus and Gaea they were the workmen of the God Hephaestus whose workshop was in the heart of the volcanic mountain Etna

39. Hesiod described one group of Cyclopes and the epic poet Homer described another, though other accounts have also been written by the playwright Euripides, poet Theocritus and Roman epic poet Virgil.

40. Cyclopes are one-eyed giants that eke out a meager existence in wild lands. Isolationists by nature, they avoid contact with other races and try to drive away strangers in their territory.

41. N, pl Cyclopes (saɪˈkləʊpiːz) or Cyclopses (Classical Myth & Legend) classical myth one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey.

42. A Cyclops (plural cyclopes) is a monster found on the top floor of the Warriors' Guild, the catacombs of Kourend, in both the God Wars Dungeon and Wilderness God Wars Dungeon,and in the Ardougne Zoo

43. As Homer sang, 'For among the Cyclopes, the earth, giver of grain, bears the rich clusters of wine, and the rain of Zeus gives them increase; but this is a draught from a stream of ambrosia and nectar' (Odyssey IX.355, Murray 1994: 1,343).

44. A cyclops (plural Cyclopes) is a large one-eyed monster. They are known for dropping many alchable drops, so bringing nature and fire runes is helpful as it allows players to make longer trips and more money without banking or taking up inventory space

45. The Cyclops or the Cyclopes (plural, Greek: Κύκλωπες, meaning "round-eyed" or "wheel-eyed"), is a member of a primordial race of humanoid giants with a single eye in the middle of its forehead. In English, the plural cyclopses are also used

46. Cyclopean (adj.) "of or characteristic of the legendary Cyclopes of Greek mythology," 1640s, from Latin cyclopeus, from Greek kyklopeios, from kyklopes (see cyclops).Especially in reference to having a single eye in the middle of the forehead; also "vast, gigantic," and in reference to a style of ancient masonry, irregular or unhewn, fabled to be the work of a gigantic Thracian race (1822).