Ama-cyclopes, aphinde aphethwe ngokuthi i-Cyclops, achazwa njengamadoda amakhulu noma ama-giants anehlo elilodwa phakathi kwesikhumba sabo. Iso elilodwa lingumqondo owaziwa kakhulu nge-Cyclopes, nakuba ezinye zezindaba zakuqala ze-Cyclopes azigxilili iso elilodwa; Kunalokho, ubukhulu bawo nobuchwepheshe obubhekwa njengento ephawuleka kakhulu - bayaziwa ukuthi banempilo kakhulu. Kuthiwa kuthiwa bayakwazi ukwenza izinsimbi.
Njengoba zine iso elilodwa kuphela, ama-Cyclopes aphuphuthekiswe kalula. U-Odysseus waphuphuthekisa umuntu ukuze akwazi ukukhulula amadoda akhe ukuba angadliwa yi-Cyclopes.
I-Lineage
Ama-cyclopes azalelwa u-Uranus noGaea . Kuvame ukuthi abathathu kubo, i-Arges the Shiner, i-Brontes i-Thunderer ne-Steropes, uMenzi we-Lightning. Kodwa amanye amaqembu ama-Cyclopes akhona. I-Cyclops eyaziwa kakhulu kusukela endabeni kaHomer ka-Odysseus yabizwa ngegama elithi Polyphemus futhi kuthiwa uyiNdodana kaPoseidon noThoosa.
Indaba ye-Cyclopes
Ama-Cyclopes ayeboshwa u-Uranus onomhawu, ongenalwazi, owafaka lezi zindodana ezinamandla kakhulu eTartarus, isifunda esingaphansi kwe-underworld. UCronos, indodana eyabhubhisa u-Uranus uyise, yazikhulula kodwa yazisola futhi yaphinde yabafaka ejele. Ekugcineni bakhululiwe uZeus, owachitha uCronos. Babuyisela uZeus ngokuya emsebenzini kuye njengama-metalworks futhi bemgcina kahle ngokuduma kwebhusi, ngezikhathi ezithile ukuxhuma ukunikeza uPoseidon nge-trident yakhe nekhanda lokungabonakali kweHayidese.
Lawa maCyclopes athile abulawa ngu- Apollo ngokuphindisela ekufeni kuka-Asclepius, nakuba kwakunguZeus ngokwakhe owayenecala lezenzo.
E-Homer's Odyssey, i-Odysseus emazweni esiqhingini saseCyclope ngenkathi ehamba ekhaya. Abangaziwa kubo, bathola ukuphefumula emhumeni weCyclopes Polyphemus futhi badle izimvu zakhe ezigubha phezu komlilo.
Lapho ama-Cyclopes ethola u-Odysseus namadoda akhe, ubabamba emhumeni ngamatshe. Kodwa i-Odysseus ihlela uhlelo lokubalekela. Lapho i-Cyclopes Polyphemus ibona ukuthi idukisiwe, iphonsa amadwala amakhulu emkhunjini wamadoda.
Ama-Cyclopes Namuhla
Lapho uvakashela iGreece, ngokwemvelo uzungeza izindaba zezinganekwane zamaGreki. Emgodini waseMakri, eduze nomzana wasePlatanos, yiCave Cyclopes. Amatshe amakhulu emnyango wangaphambili aye kuthiwa amatshe ama-Cyclopes Polyphemus aphonswa emkhunjini ka-Odysseus. Ama-Stalactite agcwalisa amakamelo amathathu avulekile, okunye okusemkhakheni ophezulu ongakwazi ukufinyelela kuwo ngomgodi omncane odongeni. Le ndawo yokuhlala emaphandleni yayihlala phakathi nezikhathi zangaphambili futhi kamuva yaba yindawo yokukhulekela.
Kuthiwa kuthiwa ama-Cyclopes akha "izindonga zaseCyclope" ngamatshe amakhulu eTiryns naseMycenae, lapho futhi bakhela iSango eliqhamukayo noma iSango Lensimbi. Kwakukhona indawo yokukhulekela yamaCypress aseKorinte, okungekho emadolobheni amabili.