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No. There was supposedly a one-eyed elephant skull found before, but that was not exactly the same thing. In mythology, a cyclops was human (giant), I believe

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Does cyclops have one eye and one horn?

Cyclops have one eye because people who discovered it on an island saw elephant skeletons. they were not experts, so they thought it was a new mystical creature. so comes the cyclops. But why does the cyclops have one eye? The reason a cyclops has one eye is because the people who found it saw the large hole in the skull. This was the space for the elephant trunk, but they thought that it was an eye socket! There we go.


What details indicate the Cyclops' personality besides his brute strength?

I don't know but people got the idea of the cyclops from the elephant skull. No lie I looked it up.


Is the cyclops a greek myth or a roman myth?

Greek. They probably imagined them after coming across elephant-type skulls (elephant-type animals used to be much more prevalent than they are today).


Why did the Cyclops have only one eye?

According to the History channel the Cyclops myth may have come from elephant skulls found on the islands around the time of the Greece/Troy wars and Homer. An elephant has a large nostril hole where human eye holes are and could be easily confused to be a human skull with only one eye.According to myth, the Cyclops gave up one eye to their god to gain the ability to see the future, but their god only gave them the ability to see their own death.


What is the cyclops name?

The cyclops that Odysseus encountered was Polyphemus; in Greek Mythology there were many cyclops.


What did The Odyssey do to cyclops?

To be correct what did Odyessus do to the cyclops. He poked the cyclops in the eye.


How many eyes does a Cyclops have?

A cyclops has one eye.


Who is older cyclops or gambit?

cyclops


Is cyclops threatened by the mention of Zeus' name?

No, Cyclops is not. Further, there were many "cyclops" in Greek myth.


How did the cyclops become a cyclops?

Cyclops can be created by a god and a nymph. The most common god is Poseidon.


What name did Odysseus name the cyclops?

The cyclops was already named Polyphemus. Odysseus did not name the cyclops.


What is a sentence with cyclops?

Cyclops was a mythical monster with one eye. The cyclops raised sheep for food.