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Cyclopes

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Cy·clo·pes  (s-klpz)
n.
Greek Mythology Plural of Cyclops.
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Noun1.Cyclopes - only the silky anteater
genus Cyclopes
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Myrmecophagidae, Myrmecophagidae - New World anteaters
Cyclopes didactylus, silky anteater, two-toed anteater - squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur
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The same thing holds good of Dithyrambs and Nomes; here too one may portray different types, as Timotheus and Philoxenus differed in representing their Cyclopes.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
Bear in mind, however, that Neptune is still furious with Ulysses for having blinded an eye of Polyphemus king of the Cyclopes.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
Of these three, Earth produces Heaven to whom she bears the Titans, the Cyclopes and the hundred-handed giants.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
 
 
 
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