cyclops
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Summary
cyclops is a mythical humanoid race[1]. cyclops draws 15,278 Wikipedia views per month (mythical humanoid race category, ranking #7 of 20).[2]
Key Facts
- Father: Uranus[3]
- Mother: Gaia[4]
- Subclass of: mythological Greek character[5], giant[6]
- Commons category: Cyclops[7]
- Has part(s): Arges[8], Steropes[9], Brontes[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cyclopes[11]
- Inspired by: skull[12]
- Main food source: human[13], sheep milk cheese[14]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], 1870 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology[19], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[22], Pauly–Wissowa[23]
- Has characteristic: giantness[24]
- Name in native language: Κύκλωπες[25]
- Different from: Cyclops[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
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Influence
Things named for cyclops include cyclopia[28]; Cyclopean masonry[29], an architectural technology[30]; holoprosencephaly[31], a class of disease[32]; and Cyclopses baths[33], a thermae[34], in Tunisia[35].
Why It Matters
cyclops has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] cyclops is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for cyclops include cyclopia[28]; Cyclopean masonry[29], an architectural technology[30]; holoprosencephaly[31], a class of disease[32]; and Cyclopses baths[33], a thermae[34], in Tunisia[35].
FAQs
Who were cyclops's parents?
cyclops's father was Uranus[3]. cyclops's mother was Gaia[4].