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The cyclops that Odysseus encountered was Polyphemus; in Greek Mythology there were many cyclops.
The Cyclops comes from the Greeks. The name means 'wheel eye'.
The name of the giant Cyclops in The Odyssey is Polyphemus. He is the son of Poseidon and Thoosa according to Greek mythology.
The writer of Greek Mythology is Homer. Basically, the Romans took Greek Mythology and changed the names around a bit.
Cyclops were mythical, one-eyed creatures in both Greek and Roman mythology. One of the most famous Cyclops was said to have come from the island of Sicily where many Cyclops supposedly lived.