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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]
Cyclops is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the comic book The X-Men. Cyclops is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants, born with superhuman abilities. Cyclops ...
Cyclops is one of the most common genera of freshwater copepods, comprising over 400 species. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Together with other similar-sized non-copepod fresh-water crustaceans , especially cladocera , they are commonly called water fleas .
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.
Arges is a child of Gaia and Uranus, and his siblings include his fellow cyclopes, Brontes and Steropes, along with the Titans and the Hecatoncheires. [4] After his birth, Uranus is said to have locked Arges and his cyclopes brothers in Tartarus out of fear, along with the Hundred Handed Ones. [5]
USS Cyclops (AC-4) was the second of four Proteus-class colliers built for the United States Navy several years before World War I. [ citation needed ] Named after the Cyclops , a race of giants from Greek mythology , she was the second U.S. naval vessel to bear the name.
Cyclops, a nickname for DM 556, an NZR DM class unit on the rail passenger network of Wellington, New Zealand Cyclops, a nickname for the British Rail Class 67 Locomotive Cyclops 1, a submersible vessel built by OceanGate
Cyclops bicuspidatus is a planktonic species of copepod found throughout the world, except Australia, [4] and characteristic of the Great Lakes of North America. [5] It is a deep water species found throughout the year with peak abundance occurring in May or June. [ 5 ]