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Sign in to savethumb|A first century AD head of a Cyclops from the Roman Colosseum
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- Kinds
- Hesiodic Cyclopes
- Homeric Cyclopes
- Cyclopean wall-builders
- Principal sources
- Hesiod
- Homer
- Euripides
- Callimachus
- Virgil
- Apollodorus
- Nonnus
- Transformations of Polyphemus
- Location
- Etymology
- Possible origins
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|A first century AD head of a Cyclops from the Roman Colosseum
In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes ( ; , Kýklōpes, "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; singular Cyclops ; , Kýklōps) are giant one-eyed creatures. Three kinds of Cyclopes can be distinguished. In Hesiod's Theogony, the Cyclopes are three brothers—Brontes, Steropes, and Arges—who create Zeus's thunderbolt, Poseidon's trident, and Hades' Helm of Darkness. The Cyclopes of Homer's Odyssey are a group of uncivilized, cave-dwelling shepherds, including Polyphemus, whom Odysseus encounters. A third group of Cyclopes reputedly constructed the Cyclopean walls of Mycenae and Tiryns.