Cyclops

By Crusader1307

Yet another legendary mythic creature from Ancient Greece was the ''Cyclops''. Offspring of Poseidon, these gigantic creatures were humanoid in appearance. Said to be 50 feet tall and incredibly strong, their only flaw - was that they had but one, giant eye (on their forehead) with which to see! Although a group (brothers, really) lived on The Cyclopean Island (it's real name and location, unknown), the real job of The Cyclops was to guard the Gates to Tartarus. Most of their known legend, comes from Greek Writer Homer. His story of The Odyssey (which tells the story of Odysseus), tells of how Odysseus and his crew are trapped in a cave on The Cyclops Island. Facing death (The Cyclops was hungry), they used trickery to lure the Cyclops to sleep. They managed to blind the giant beast and escape. The Cyclops has been depicted in many other Greek stories (as well as Roman tales). The image of this monster (although altered by Period), always features it's enormous one eye. Often it is paired with the body of a horse (in Roman versions).