
Cyclopes – Mythopedia
Mar 22, 2023 · The Cyclopes were huge creatures whose defining characteristic was a single large eye in the middle of their forehead. There were three different kinds of Cyclopes: the …
Odyssey: Book 12 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Deep in the dire Cyclopean den you lay, Yet safe return’d — Ulysses led the way. Learn courage hence, and in my care confide; Lo! still the same Ulysses is your guide. Attend my words! your …
Ajax the Greater – Mythopedia
Dec 8, 2022 · Ajax the Greater was a Greek hero who hailed from the island of Salamis. Renowned for his great size and strength, he was one of the most formidable of the Greeks …
Odyssey: Book 9 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
“Opposed to the Cyclopean coast, there lay An isle, whose hill their subject fields survey; Its name Lachaea, crown’d with many a grove, Where savage goats through pathless thickets rove: No …
Agamemnon – Mythopedia
Jul 12, 2023 · Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, was a general and hero who led the Greek army to victory in the Trojan War. He was later murdered by his wife Clytemnestra.
Odyssey: Book 6 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Till the Cyclopean race in arms arose A lawless nation of gigantic foes; Then great Nausithous from Hyperia far, Through seas retreating from the sounds of war, The recreant nation to fair …
Perseus – Mythopedia
Jul 3, 2023 · Perseus, son of Zeus, was a Greek hero from Argos. He is best remembered for killing Medusa, rescuing Andromeda, and founding the city of Mycenae.
Metamorphoses: Book 14 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
All gave you lost on far Cyclopean ground; A Greek’s at last aboard a Trojan found. Thus Achaemenides — With thanks I name Aeneas, and his piety proclaim. I ’scap’d the Cyclops …
Odyssey: Book 7 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
As our dire neighbours of Cyclopean birth Match in fierce wrong the giant-sons of earth.” “Let no such thought (with modest grace rejoin’d The prudent Greek) possess the royal mind. Alas! a …
Metamorphoses: Book 15 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
And barb’rously renew Cyclopean feasts! We, by destroying life, our life sustain; And gorge th’ ungodly maw with meats obscene. Not so the Golden Age, who fed on fruit, Nor durst with …