Cyclops

text: The Cyclopses thus initially assume that Polyphemus's suffering has been intentionally inflicted by some hostile figure.

ref: 1993, Mette Hjort, The Strategy of Letters, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 2:

type: quotation

text: The Cyclops blinked. "When had that happened?" I shouted to the elephant the words B'raen meeloh aka, which are powerful Elvish words of command.

ref: 2013 April 3, Jeffrey Getzin, A Lesson for the Cyclops, Jeffrey Getzin:

text: If a Cyclops is awake and knows you're after his Eye, he will make every effort to destroy you and crush you to jelly.

ref: 2015 October 6, Martin Olson, Olivia Olson, Adventure Time: The Enchiridion & Marcy's Super Secret Scrapbook!!!, ABRAMS, →ISBN:

text: Could this have been a Cyclops worshipped as a 'hero'—since a hero's grave was a regular site for dedications and offerings?

ref: 2020 May 7, Mercedes Aguirre, Richard Buxton, Cyclops: The Myth and its Cultural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

links: mythology mythology

links: cyclops cyclops#English

raw_glosses: (chiefly mythology) Alternative letter-case form of cyclops

pos: noun

en-noun

Cyclopes

expansion: Cyclops (plural Cyclops or Cyclopes or Cyclopses)

forms:
Cyclops (plural)
Cyclopes (plural)
Cyclopses (plural)


Cyclops

text: What was the consequence of killing Cyclops?

ref: 1875, Royal Robbins, Outlines of Ancient & Modern History on a New Plan ..., page 15:

text: Equally effective is the blinding of Cyclops by Odysseus's men , who run up the inclined surface of the platform to thrust a long makeshift spear into a vividly projected eyeball.

ref: 1987, Theatre Design & Technology: Journal of the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology:

text: This is not to say that Euripides regarded Odysseus and Cyclops as poetological figures, or to suggest that the primary function of Cyclops was to offer a commentary about satire[…]

ref: 2007 May 11, Ralph Rosen, Making Mockery: The Poetics of Ancient Satire, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 144:

links: Polyphemus Polyphemus

links: Odyssey Odyssey

glosses: Polyphemus, a cyclops character from Homer's Odyssey.

pos: name

en-proper noun

expansion: Cyclops