By: Ryan Macy Date: 3-13-12 Period: 4  Brontes- Has power of thunder  Steropes- Has power of lightning  Argess- Has power of light  Polyphemus- (Only.

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By: Ryan Macy Date: Period: 4

 Brontes- Has power of thunder  Steropes- Has power of lightning  Argess- Has power of light  Polyphemus- (Only in the second myth of the Cyclops)

The Cyclops were the first Smiths Were imprisoned by Cronus in Tartarus Were released by Zeus from Tartarus and fought with him against the Titans The Cyclops rewarded Zeus his power of lightning and thunder for their release

The Cyclops is a One eyed giant The eye is in the middle of its forehead The Cyclops is Very huge

Gaea- Mom Uranus- Dad Titans- siblings Rhea- sister Cronus- brother Poseidon- Dad of Polyphemus

 Was banned from earth by Zeus at birth, but was then remitted back and became a favorite of Zeus  Were great workmen  Zeus gave them a home in the country where fruits were plentiful  Ulysses sailed into the island where Polyphemus lived  Ulysses and his men found the cave where Polyphemus lived and they feasted on all of his food  Polyphemus caught them feasting on his sheep and trapped them in his cave  Ulysses and his men poked Polyphemus eye with a spear

Ulysses and his men also tricked Polyphemus into drinking so much wine that he was drunk Once Ulysses and his men made Cyclops drunk they tricked him into opening the cave door and they escaped Centuries passed before any one ever heard of the Cyclops again

The Cyclopean walls are meant to have been built by the Cyclops Volcanoes are believed to be the affect of the Cyclops’s underground work

The Cyclops lives on the island of the Cyclops

There are no kids or wives mentioned in the story of The Cyclops but they could possibly have children or spouses that were not mentioned in the story

Hermes killed the Cyclops Argess Apollo also killed at least one of the other Cyclops because they had killed his son

In the first myth There is only one set of the Cyclops’s (Argess, Brontes and Steropes) In the second Myth there is a second set of the Cyclops it consists of Polyphemus

The name Cyclops is often referred to as circle eyed Were best known for their metal work The word Cyclops came from the Latin word Kuklops The term Cyclopean is an ancient type of masonry made with massive blocks which is why The Cyclops is so big

The Cyclops’s weakness is that it is easily blinded because it only has one eye The Cyclops’s strengths are super strength and The Cyclops was a great metal smith

Zeus’s thunderbolt Hades helmet of darkness Poseidon's trident

Pictures of The Cyclops with music Pictures of The Cyclops with music The Cyclops2.ppt

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