Cyclops

Cȳ̆clops, ōpis (acc. -ōpem or -ōpa), m., = Κύκλωψ (a round eye),

• a Cyclops; in plur.: Cyclopes, um, the Cyclopes, a fabulous race of giants on the coast of Sicily; said to have each but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead; to them were ascribed the walls called Cyclopean; plur., Cic. Div. 2, 19, 43; Plin. 7, 56, 57, §§ 195-198; Verg. A. 6, 630; 8, 424; Hor. C. 1, 4, 7; Ov. M. 3, 305 et saep.; sing. κατʼ ἐξοχήν, the Cyclops Polyphemus, Verg. A. 3, 617; Hor. A. P. 145; Ov. M. 13, 744 sq.; 14, 174 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146 et saep.: Cyclopa saltare, to imitate Polyphemus by pantomime, Hor. S. 1, 5, 63; so, moveri, id. Ep. 2, 2, 125 Orell.— Hence,
• II Adj.
• • A Cȳ̆clōpēus, a, um, = Κυκλώπειος, Cyclopean, of the Cyclopes; only plur. as subst.: Cȳ̆clōpēa, ōrum, n., the myth of the Cyclopes as represented in a pantomime: ludere, Treb. Poll. Gall. 8, 3; Vop. Carin. 19, 3.—
  • B Cȳ̆clōpĭus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the Cyclopes: saxa, in Sicily, Verg. A. 1, 201: at Mycenae, Sen. Herc. Fur. 997: regna, Sil. 14, 33.

Cyclōps, clōpis, Akk. clōpem u. clōpa, m. (Κύκλωψ, rundäugig), der Zyklop, im Plur. Cyclōpes, clōpum, Akk. clōpes u. (gew.) clōpas, m., die Zyklopen, ein mythisches, riesenhaftes, gesetzloses, menschenfressendes Hirtenvolk, angeblich Erbauer der nach ihnen benannten zyklopischen Mauern, Erfinder der Schmiedekunst, dah. Schmiedegesellen des Vulkan (u. als solche Verfertiger der Blitze des Jupiter), alle nur mit einem Auge mitten auf der Stirn versehen, Hor. carm. 1, 4, 9. Verg. Aen. 6, 630. Plin. 7, 198. – Sing., der Zyklop, κατʼ ἐξοχ. = Polyphem, Hor. de art. poët. 145 (vgl. Hom. Od. 12, 201–259.) Ov. met. 13, 744 sqq. Mythogr. Lat. 1, 5: u. meton., der Zyklop, ein den Polyphem in seiner Liebe zur Galatea darstellender Pantomimus, Hor. sat. 1, 5, 63; ep. 2, 2, 125. – Dav.: A) Cyclōpēus, a, um (Κυκλώπειος), zyklopëisch, nur subst., Cyclōpēa, ōrum, n., die in dem Pantomimus Zyklops dargestellte Mythe vom Zyklopen Polyphem, Cyclopea ludere, Treb. Poll. Gall. 8, 3 (u. dazu Salmasius S. 206). Vopisc. Carin. 19, 3. – B) Cyclōpius, a, um (Κυκλώπιος, vgl. die Auslgg. zu Verg. Aen. 1, 201 über die Formen -ēus u. -ius), zyklopisch, saxa, auf Sizilien, Verg. u. Sil.; zu Mycenä, Sen. poët.: regna, libido, Sil.: tela, Blitze, Claud.: carmen, Solin.

Cyclops [CL < Κύκλωψ] , giant. mando dapes mordax lurconum more Ciclopum Aldh. Aen. 100. 33; 9‥ ~opes, gigantes GlH C 2255; 9‥ ~opum, ðyrsa ‥, ~opes, anige þyrsas WW.

Cyclōps, (11) ōpis, m. (Κύκλωψ), Cyclope : Cic. Div. 2, 43 ; Virg. En. 6, 630 ; Ov. M. 3, 305 ; saltare Cyclopa Hor. S. 1, 5, 63, danser la danse du Cyclope.

Cyclōps ōpis (acc.-ōpem or -ōpa), m

• , Κύκλωψ(round-eye), a Cyclops, one of the fabulous giants on the coast of Sicily, C., V., H., O., Iu.: Cyclopa saltare, to imitate by pantomime, H.: moveri, H.—Plur., in later fable, the assistants of Vulcan at his forge under Aetna, V.

Cyclops

(Κύκλωψ). The title of a play of Euripides, which is remarkable as being the only undoubted specimen left to us of a Satyric drama (q.v.). The prologue is spoken by Silenus. He and his Satyrs are in search of Dionysus, who has been carried into the western seas by pirates. Odysseus appears, and his well-known adventure with the Cyclopes forms the rest of the plot, the story given in the Odyssey being closely followed. The play is little read, and has been seldom edited apart from the other works of Euripides, though there is a good recent edition with English notes by W. Long (Oxford, 1891). Shelley has rendered the Cyclops into English with a few omissions. There are no imitations. See Mahaffy, Hist. of Class. Gk. Lit. vol. i. pp. 377-379 (American ed.).

Cyclops

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