I-Cyclops, nayo i-Cyclops, ichazwa njengamadoda amakhulu okanye iinqhweba kunye neliso elinye phakathi kwebunzi labo. Iliso elilodwa liyimpawu eyaziwa kakhulu kwiCyclopes, nangona ezinye iindaba zakuqala zeCyclopes azigxilanga kwiso linye; Kunoko, ubukhulu babo nobukhulu obuthatyathwa njengento ephawulekayo - bayaziwa ngokwenyama. Kwakhona kuthiwa banako ukwenza i-metalmiths.
Ekubeni baneliso elilodwa kuphela, i-Cyclopes iphoswe lula. U-Odysseus waphuphuthekisa umntu ukuze akwazi ukuhlangula amadoda akhe ukuba aphethwe yiCyclope.
Umgca
I-Cyclopes yazalwa ngu-Uranus noGaea . Ngokuqhelekileyo kukho ezintathu zazo, i-Arges yeShiner, i-Brontes i-Thunderer kunye ne-Steropes, uMenzi weLibane. Kodwa amanye amaqela aseCyclopes akhona. I-Cyclops ezaziwa kakhulu kwiindaba zikaHomer zika-Odysseus zathiwa yiPolphemus kwaye kwathiwa ngu- Poseidon noThoosa.
Ibali leCyclope
I-Cyclope yayibanjwe ngumona, u-Uranus onomhawu, owayevalela oonyana abanamandla kakhulu eTartarus, indawo engathandekiyo. UCronos, unyana owagumbuba uyise u-Uranus, wabakhulula kodwa wazisola waza waphinde waboshwa. Ekugqibeleni bekhululekile ngoZeus, owawubhubhisa iCronos. Babuyisela uZeus ngokuya emsebenzini kuye njengezenziwe ngamacwecwe kunye nokugcinwa kakuhle ngeendwangu zethusi, ngamanye amaxesha ukuxhamla ukunika iPoseidon ngeyona nto ebonakalayo kunye nekhanda lokungabonakali kweHayidesi.
La maCyclope athile abulawa nguApollo ngokuphindezela ngenxa yokufa kuka-Asclepius, nangona kwakunguZeus yena ngokwenene owayenetyala lezenzo.
KwiHomer's Odyssey, umhlaba wama-Odysseus kwisiqithi saseCyclope ngexesha lokubuyela ekhaya. Ayaziwa, bafumana intlanzi kwi-Cyclopes ipolphemus emqolombeni badle izimvu zakhe ezigubungela umlilo.
Xa iiCyclope zifumanisa uOdysse kunye namadoda akhe, uzibamba emqolombeni. Kodwa i-Odysseus iceba isicwangciso sokuphepha. Xa i-Cyclopes Polyphemus iyaqaphela ukuba ikhohlisiwe, iphosa amatye amakhulu kuloo nqanawa.
Iiprophepes Namhlanje
Xa uvakatye eGrisi, ungokoqobo ujikelezwe ngamabali aseGrike. Kulo lonxweme lwaseMakri, kufuphi nedolophana yasePlatanos, ngumgodlo weCyclope. Amatye amakhulu amakhulu emnyango wangaphambili athiwa ngamatye amaCyclopes Polyphemus aphonswa e-Odysseus. I-Stalactites igcwalisa amacandelo amathathu avulekileyo, enye yazo ephezulu kwinqanaba onokufikelela kuyo umda onqabileyo eludongeni. Ukuhlaliswa kwe-caol-neolithic kwakuhlala ngexesha lamaxesha okuqala kwaye emva koko waba yindawo yokunqula.
Kuthiwa kuthiwa i-Cyclope "yakha" iindonga ze-Cyclopean "ngamatye amakhulu kwiTiryns naseMycenae, apho zakha iHlabathi eyaziwayo okanye iSango leNqatha. Kwakukho indawo e-Cyclopes kufuphi neKorinte, engekho kude nale mizi mibini.