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Synonyms for cyclops
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : sahy-klops |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪ klɒps |
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Définition of cyclops
Origin :- (plural cyclopes), 1510s, from Latin, from Greek kyklops, literally "round-eyed," from stem of kyklos (see cycle (n.)) + -ops (see eye (n.)). One of a race of one-eyed giants who forged thunderbolts for Zeus, built the walls of Mycenae, etc.
- As in Goliath : noun giant
- As in titan : noun giant
- As in colossus : noun giant thing
- As in giant : noun extremely large person
- At dawn the Cyclops woke, and his awakening was like a thunderstorm.
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
- The Cyclops tasted the wine and laughed with delight so that the cave shook.
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
- I never associate Vulcan and his Cyclops with the idea of a forge.
- Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
- It is sufficient that the ambiguity was such as to deceive the friends of the Cyclops.
- Extract from : « The Odyssey of Homer » by Homer
- We thrust the burning stick into the Cyclops' eye and put it out.
- Extract from : « Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca » by Homer
- Pol y phe' mus, or Polyphemos or Cyclops—the son of Poseidon.
- Extract from : « Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca » by Homer
- The evolution of this new order from the savage Cyclops is hinted in the poem.
- Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
- He cannot forget the Cyclops, the men of violence who once did his people wrong.
- Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
- Polyphemus is a Cyclops but he has characteristics of his own.
- Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
- But the Cyclops scoffs at Zeus and the rest of the Gods: "we are their betters."
- Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
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