Men lived according to the customs of their fathers, in a simple manner, under a patriarchal government, such as still exists both among Hellenes and barbarians, and is described in Homer as prevailing among the Cyclopes:—
Here, as also in the account of the Cyclopes, the poet by some divine inspiration has attained truth.
The Cyclopes are remembered for one eye, but in the oldest Greek stories what really matters about them is their hands.
On A genealogy of the gods Gaia and Uranus produce the Titans, the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires, and Uranus imprisons the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handers in Tartarus, which angers Gaia.
Uranus - The primordial Age tells the same story at length and has the imprisoned Cyclopes freed as allies.
On The Olympian Gods the freed Cyclopes give Zeus his thunderbolt, Poseidon his trident and Hades his helmet of invisibility for the war against the Titans.
"And next he brought forth the Cyclopes, who gave Zeus the thunder and fashioned for him the lightning bolt."
In the Laws by Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, the dialogue uses Homer's Cyclopes as the picture of the oldest patriarchal government:
the term Cyclopean is explained as coming from the later Greek belief that only the mythical Cyclopes could have moved such enormous stones.
the Cyclopes stand in a wider pattern of crediting old walls to giants.
On The History of Atlantis (1926) Lewis Spence equates the Cro-Magnon people with the Aurignacians and with the Cyclopes.
On Nimrod read as Saturn and a master mason Nimrod is called king of the tower-building Cyclopes.
For every page I tagged with cyclopes, see the cyclopes tag archive.
The freed Cyclopes gave Zeus his thunderbolts, and the Hecatonchires fought on his side.
"But when Zeus had brought to the gods the shining gift of the Cyclopes, the thunder and the gleaming bolt...
There are more parallels with the Greek Cyclopes.
The term "Cyclopean" derives from the later Greek belief that only the mythical Cyclopes could have moved such enormous stones.
There the Cyclopes are his workmen and his workshop is inside a volcanic island.
The Cyclopes were skilled smiths, and myth links them with underground workshops and volcanic places such as Lemnos and Etna.
And again, she bore the Cyclopes, overbearing in spirit, Brontes, and Steropes and stubborn-hearted Arges, who gave Zeus the thunder and made the thunderbolt:
Hesiod says the Cyclopes made the thunderbolt of Zeus.
And the Cyclopes then gave Zeus thunder and lightning and a thunderbolt, and on Pluto they bestowed a helmet and on Poseidon a trident.
The Cyclopes armed Zeus, Hades and Poseidon for the war against the Titans.
Among their children were the formidable Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires with their hundred arms, and the majestic Titans, beings of immense strength and divine essence.
Uranus, fearing the potential of his offspring, cast the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires into the deepest abyss of Tartarus, a dark, dungeon-like prison far beneath the earth, where they were to remain for eternity.
Among these allies were the imprisoned Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires.
The Cyclopes' crafted weapons and the Hecatoncheires' brute strength played pivotal roles in the Olympians' victory.
The Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires were honored for their crucial role in the victory and were given places of honor in the new order.
Zeus and his siblings, now freed, formed an alliance with other deities and beings who opposed the Titans, including the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires (Hundred-Handed Ones).
The Cyclopes provided Zeus with his thunderbolt, Poseidon with his trident, and Hades with his helmet of invisibility, powerful weapons that would play crucial roles in the battle.
Together, they produced several offspring, including the twelve Titans, three Cyclopes, and three Hecatoncheires (hundred-handed giants).
Uranus was fearful and jealous of the power of his children, particularly the Titans, Cyclopes, and Hecatoncheires.
There were also the Cyclopes, one-eyed giants who were skilled craftsmen.