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* ''[[Wikipedia:Cyclopes|Cyclopes]]'' are mythical creatures originating from Greek and Roman mythology. Three different varieties of cyclopes can be distinguished; Brontes, Steropes and Arges are featured in Hesiod's ''Theogeny'', in Homer's ''Odyssey'' they are depicted as uncilivised shepherds, and lastly the builders who constructed the eponymous Cyclopean walls of Mycenae and Tiryns. | * ''[[Wikipedia:Cyclopes|Cyclopes]]'' are mythical creatures originating from Greek and Roman mythology. Three different varieties of cyclopes can be distinguished; Brontes, Steropes and Arges are featured in Hesiod's ''Theogeny'', in Homer's ''Odyssey'' they are depicted as uncilivised shepherds, and lastly the builders who constructed the eponymous Cyclopean walls of Mycenae and Tiryns. | ||