Cyclops In Greek Mythology

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A cyclops, in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the center of his forehead(Wikipedia.com). The word "cyclops" literally means "round-eyed" or "circle-eyed". Do Cyclops really exist? A recent National Geographic article stated that the dated tusk, several teeth, and some bones of a Deinotherium giganteum, which, loosely translated means really huge terrible beast, have been found on the Greek island Crete. A distant relative to today's elephants, the giant mammal stood 15 feet (4.6 meters) tall at the shoulder, and had tusks that were 4.5 feet (1.3 meters) long. A big dent in the center of the skull was. It made some people believe that it was a Cyclops because,

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