Every Mythical Creature From Greece Explained in 23 Minutes

Every Mythical Creature From Greece Explained in 23 Minutes Most people think of the Cyclops as one thing — a giant, dim-witted cave dweller with a single eye. But there were actually two completely separate Cyclops traditions in ancient Greece that have almost nothing to do with each other. In Hesiod's Theogony, the Cyclopes were three divine blacksmiths — sons of Uranus himself — named Brontes (thunder), Steropes (lightning), and Arges (brightness). They were the ones who forged Zeus's thunderbolts, Poseidon's trident, and Hades' helm of invisibility. Sacred craftsmen, not monsters.