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The One-Eyed is an epithet of: . Horatius Cocles (fl. late 6th century BC), Roman officer famed for defending a bridge against an army; Antigonus I Monophthalmus (382–301 BC), Macedonian nobleman, general, satrap and king, founder of the Antigonid dynasty
Kerack, an alien race resembling large one-eyed prawns in the novel Camelot 30K; Magnus the Red, the one-eyed primarch of the Thousand Sons legion in Warhammer 40,000; Monoids, an alien race in the 1966 Doctor Who serial The Ark; Myo and other Abyssin aliens in Star Wars; Naga and his tribe of one-eyed violent mutants in the 1956 B-movie World ...
Antigonus I Monophthalmus (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίγονος Μονόφθαλμος Antigonos Monophthalmos, "Antigonus the One-Eyed"; 382 – 301 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general and successor of Alexander the Great. A prominent military leader in Alexander's army, he went on to control large parts of Alexander's former empire.
An outstanding tactician, he was made all the more iconic for his missing eye, as Masamune was often called dokuganryū (独眼竜), or the "One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshū". [1] As a legendary warrior and leader, Masamune is a character in a number of Japanese period dramas .
"There is never a prophet who has not warned the Ummah of that one-eyed liar; behold he is one-eyed and your Lord is not one-eyed. [17] Dajjal is blind of one eye [18] On his forehead are the letters k. f. r. [17] between the eyes of the Dajjal [19] which every Muslim would be able to read." [18] [20]
A first century AD head of a Cyclops from the Roman Colosseum. In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes (/ s aɪ ˈ k l oʊ p iː z / sy-KLOH-peez; Greek: Κύκλωπες, Kýklōpes, "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; [1] singular Cyclops / ˈ s aɪ k l ɒ p s / SY-klops; Κύκλωψ, Kýklōps) are giant one-eyed creatures. [2]
Polyphemus (/ ˌ p ɒ l i ˈ f iː m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πολύφημος, romanized: Polyphēmos, Epic Greek: [polypʰɛːmos]; Latin: Polyphēmus [pɔlʏˈpʰeːmʊs]) is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's Odyssey.
The Battle of Coire na Creiche (Battle of Benquhillan) was a Scottish clan battle fought on the Isle of Skye in 1601. It was the culmination of a year of feuding between Clan MacLeod of Dunvegan and the Clan MacDonald of Sleat, that ended with a MacDonald victory in Coire na Creiche on the northern slopes of the Cuillin hills.