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Who made thunderbolts for Zeus?
the Cyclopes
In Hesiod the Cyclopes were three sons of Uranus and Gaea—Arges, Brontes, and Steropes (Bright, Thunderer, Lightener)—who forged the thunderbolts of Zeus. Later authors made them the workmen of Hephaestus and said that Apollo killed them for making the thunderbolt that slew his son Asclepius.
Who was the one eyed giant Greek?
Polyphemus
Polyphemus, in Greek mythology, the most famous of the Cyclopes (one-eyed giants), son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and the nymph Thoösa.
What is the name of the one eyed giant?
Cyclops
Cyclops: The Origin Story of this Terrifying One-Eyed Giant.
How did Odysseus and his men outsmart the one eyed giant?
During the day, while the giant is gone, Odysseus and his remaining men sharpen the trunk of an olive tree into a spike. That night Odysseus offers the giant wine so he will sleep soundly. While the Cyclops is asleep that night, the men climb onto his chest and drive the spike into Polyphemus’s eye, blinding him.
Why did Zeus give the Thunderbolt to the Cyclopes?
According to the accounts of Hesiod and mythographer Apollodorus, the Cyclopes had been imprisoned by their father Uranus. Zeus later freed the Cyclopes, and they repaid him by giving him the thunderbolt.
Who are the one eyed monsters in Greek mythology?
The Cyclops were giant; one-eyed monsters; a wild race of lawless creatures who possess neither social manners nor fear of the Gods. Cyclopes means ‘round eye.’ Considered the sons of Uranus and Gaea they were the workmen of the God Hephaestus whose workshop was in the heart of the volcanic mountain Etna.
Who was the father of the Thunder Giants?
As soon as they were born, their father Ouranos (Uranus, the Sky) locked them away inside the belly of Earth, along with their stormy brothers, the hundred-handed Hekatonkheires (Hecatoncheires). When the Titanes overthrew Ouranos, they drove the giants into the pit of Tartaros.
Who was the Greek god who slew the Cyclops?
The god Apollo slew the Cyclops after they struck his son (or were wrongly blamed for) striking his son Aesculapius with lightning. Besides Hesiod, the other major Greek epic poet and transmitter of Greek mythology was the storyteller we call Homer.