![]() ![]() BRONTES, STEROPES, ARGES, EURYALOS, ELATREUS, TRAKHIOS, HALIMEDES (Nonnus Dionysiaca 14.52)ĬYCLO′PES (Kuklôpes), that is, creatures with round or circular eyes. BRONTES, STEROPES (Statius Silvae 1.1.3) BRONTES, STEROPES, PYRAKMON (Virgil Aeneid 8.414) BRONTES, STEROPES, AKMONIDES (Ovid Fasti 4.287) BRONTES, STEROPES, ARGES (Hesiod Theogony139, Apollodorus 1.1 Callimachus Hymn to Artemis) OURANOS & GAIA (Hesiod Theogony 139, Titanomachia Frag 1, Apollodorus 1.1, Hyginus Pref) NAMES The tribe of younger Kyklopes which Odysseus encountered on his travels were a different breed. The lesser four, sons of the first, were slain by Apollon to avenge the death of his son Asklepios (Asclepius), who had been slain by Zeus with a Kyklops-forged lightning-bolt. Some say there were a total of seven forging Kyklopes. Zeus and his brothers later released them and in return they provided the god with his thunderbolts, Poseidon with his storm-raising trident, and Haides with a helm of invisibility. When the Titanes overthrew Ouranos, they drove the giants into the pit of Tartaros. THE ELDER KYKLOPES (Cyclopes) were three, orb-eyed, immortal giants who forged the lightning-bolts of Zeus.Īs soon as they were born, their father Ouranos (Uranus, the Sky) locked them away inside the belly of Earth, along with their stormy brothers, the hundred-handed Hekatonkheires (Hecatoncheires). Orb-Eyed ( kyklos, ops) Hephaestus and the Cyclopes at the forge, Greco-Roman fresco from Pompeii C1st A.D., Naples National Archaeological Museum
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |