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Bookmark or Share- Hecatoncheires – MythopediaThe Hecatoncheires, also called the “Hundred-Handers,” were three children of Gaia and Uranus, named Cottus, Briareus, and Gyges. With fifty heads and one hundred arms each, these creatures were a force to be reckoned with and played an important role in the war between the Titans and Olympians.
- Odysseus - MythopediaOdysseus and the Cyclops. During his wanderings, Odysseus happened upon the island of the Cyclopes—giant one-eyed sons of Poseidon. There, the brutal Cyclops Polyphemus captured Odysseus and a few of his men, trapping them in his cave. Polyphemus picked off Odysseus’ men two by two, killing and eating them.
- Creature Names - MythopediaFantasy creatures can be anything from dragons to hippogriffs, populating the worlds of literature, movies, and tabletop games with the feel of magic. After all, where would “The Odyssey” be without a cyclops to slay? Creature naming conventions
- Polyphemus – MythopediaCyclops, if any one of mortal men shall ask thee about the shameful blinding of thine eye, say that Odysseus, the sacker of cities, blinded it, even the son of Laertes, whose home is in Ithaca. [9] This proved to be a terrible mistake: now that he knew Odysseus’ name, Polyphemus begged his father, Poseidon, to punish the man who had blinded him.
- Odyssey - MythopediaLater, Odysseus was adapted and reinvented by a variety of lyric poets, tragedians, and visual artists. Euripides’ Cyclops, for example—the only satyr play from antiquity that has survived intact—is a burlesque retelling of the tale of Odysseus and the Cyclops Polyphemus from Book 9 of the Odyssey.
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