Cyclops - In Greek mythology a Cyclops, or Kyklops is a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single round eye in the middle of its forehead. Zeus released the Cyclopes, from the dark pit of Tartarus. They provide Zeus's thunderbolt, Hades' helmet of invisibility, and Poseidon's trident, and the gods used these weapons to defeat the titans.

The Cyclopes were huge one-eyed monsters that resided on an island with the same name. Commonly, the term Cyclops refers to a particular son of Poseidon and Thoosa named Polyphemus who was a Cyclops. Another member of this group of Cyclopes was Telemus, a seer.

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