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Cyclops en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of cyclops
   alt of cyclops
   • The Cyclops blinked. "When had that happened?" I shouted to the elephant the words B'raen meeloh aka, which are powerful Elvish words of command. 2013 April 3, Jeffrey Getzin, A Lesson for the Cyclops, Jeffrey Getzin:
   • If a Cyclops is awake and knows you're after his Eye, he will make every effort to destroy you and crush you to jelly. 2015 October 6, Martin Olson, Olivia Olson, Adventure Time: The Enchiridion & Marcy's Super Secret Scrapbook!!!, ABRAMS, →ISBN:
   • The Cyclopses thus initially assume that Polyphemus's suffering has been intentionally inflicted by some hostile figure. 1993, Mette Hjort, The Strategy of Letters, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 2:
   • Could this have been a Cyclops worshipped as a 'hero'—since a hero's grave was a regular site for dedications and offerings? 2020 May 7, Mercedes Aguirre, Richard Buxton, Cyclops: The Myth and its Cultural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

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Cyclops en · PROPN

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1. Polyphemus, a cyclops character from Homer's Odyssey.
   • Equally effective is the blinding of Cyclops by Odysseus's men , who run up the inclined surface of the platform to thrust a long makeshift spear into a vividly projected eyeball. 1987, Theatre Design & Technology: Journal of the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology:
   • This is not to say that Euripides regarded Odysseus and Cyclops as poetological figures, or to suggest that the primary function of Cyclops was to offer a commentary about satire[…] 2007 May 11, Ralph Rosen, Making Mockery: The Poetics of Ancient Satire, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 144:
   • What was the consequence of killing Cyclops? 1875, Royal Robbins, Outlines of Ancient & Modern History on a New Plan ..., page 15: