Cyclopes Sightings
- Theogony by Hesiod 800BC - 700BC
Read all about the first Cyclopes to ever stomp the earth—and be imprisoned far beneath it.
- The Odyssey by Homer 800BC - 600BC
Polyphemus gets a stick in the eye from Odysseus in this epic poem.
- The Cyclops by Euripides 408BC
In this only surviving satyr play, Euripides turns the story of Odysseus blinding the cannibalistic Cyclops, Polyphemus, into an R-rated comedy.
- The Idylls by Theocritus 300BC - 200BC
Ah, Polyphemus in love. (Poor Galatea!)
- The Aeneid by Virgil 29BC - 19BC
In this epic poem, Aeneas and company run into Polyphemus after the whole Odysseus blinding him thing.
- Metamorphoses by Ovid 2
Ovid tells us all about Polyphemus' stalking of Galatea in his epic work.
- Atlas Against the Cyclops 1961
What do you think? So cheesy it's good?
- Krull 1983
This cult classic from the 80s has a particularly noble Cyclops as a main character.
- The Odyssey 1997
Check out the epic poem transformed into an epic TV series—Cyclops included.
- Marvel Illustrated: The Odyssey 2008
Marvel's digital comic version of the Odyssey also features a Cyclops.
- God of War 2005 - 2010
All kinds of Cyclopes butt heads with Kratos throughout the God of War video game series.
