Cyclopes
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The Cyclopes are one-eyed giants from Greek mythology renowned as master craftsmen who forged Zeus’s thunderbolts and other divine weapons.
Aliases (2)
- Cyclops ×1
- the Cyclopes ×1
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
beings from Greek mythology
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giants → mythological race → |
| alignment |
varies by myth
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| appearsIn |
Hesiod’s Theogony
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Homer’s Odyssey → various later Greek and Roman works → |
| associatedWith |
Hades
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Hephaestus → Poseidon → Zeus → |
| created |
Hades’s helm of invisibility
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Poseidon’s trident → Zeus’s thunderbolts → various divine weapons → |
| culture |
Ancient Greek
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| employer |
Olympian gods
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| eyeCount |
one
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| genre |
myth
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| giftedTo |
Hades
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Poseidon → Zeus → |
| languageOfMyths |
Ancient Greek
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| memberOf |
Greek mythological creatures
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| mythologicalTradition |
Greek mythology
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| notableCharacteristic |
great physical strength
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master craftsmen → single eye in the middle of the forehead → |
| notableMember |
Arges
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Brontes → Polyphemus → Steropes → |
| parentageVariant |
children of Poseidon (for some later Cyclopes)
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children of Uranus and Gaia → |
| portrayedAs |
dangerous man-eating giants in the Odyssey
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helpful divine craftsmen in Hesiodic tradition → |
| powerType |
metalworking
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smithing → weapon forging → |
| relatedConcept |
divine craftsmen
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giants in mythology → |
| roleInMyth |
allies of Zeus in the Titanomachy
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| symbol |
forge
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single eye → thunderbolt → |
| timeOfOrigin |
Archaic Greece
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| workplace |
Mount Etna
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forge → underworld forges → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Hecatoncheires
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Ourea ("the Cyclopes") → |
sibling |
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Uranus
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fatherOf |
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Gaia
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offspring |
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Polyphemus
("Cyclops")
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species |
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Titanomachy
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supportedBy |