The Cyclopes were giant creatures from Greek mythology, known for having just one large eye in the middle of their foreheads.

Ancient sources for the depiction of a cyclops -- literally 'wheel-eyed' in Greek -- are numerous. Homer's Odyssey appears to be the earliest, but Greek authors such as Hesiod and Euripedes, as ...

Fossils of prehistoric elephants may have inspired the Greek myth of giant, one-eyed, man-eating creatures, known as cyclopes. In the Odyssey, the ancient Greek poet Homer recounts the hero Odysseus’s ...

The most famous cyclops, the cannibalistic shepherd of the ancient Greek Homeric myth, isn't the only one. He's one of many that turn up not just in Greek mythology, but in other cultures ...

3 Modern Leadership Lessons From Ancient Greek Mythology. ... However, the cave belonged to Polyphemus, a giant Cyclops and son of Poseidon. When Polyphemus returned, ...

Armed with a Cyclops eye and a watermelon, ... While doing “Wicked” in Chicago, in 2007, he spent his free time teaching himself ancient Greek. Ten years later, ...

KS2 History: Ancient Greece. The Odyssey. A short animation for 7 - 11 year old pupils retelling the main events of The Odyssey - the journey made by Odysseus on his return from the war at Troy.