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Homer's Odyssey

The Cyclops

The one thing most people know about the Cyclopes (plural of Cyclops) is that they had a single eye in the middle of their face. But artists could not, or did not always want to portray them thus: here is a selection

Two-eyed?

Blinding of Polyphemus

Three-eyed?

From a mosaic at Piazza Amerina, Sicily          From a Lucanian crater

One-eyed?

a doctored portrait bust from the Roman era          a modern book illustration

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